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1737158

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date	25/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to regulate driving instructors to help ensure the safety of young women.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	11177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) takes the safety of learner drivers extremely seriously and investigates thoroughly any complaints about approved driving instructors (ADI), involving the police if necessary. DVSA encourages pupils to report any incidents of inappropriate ADI conduct, and its complaints procedure is open for anyone to use.</p><p>DVSA requires every prospective ADI to apply for an enhanced disclosure and barring check before beginning the ADI qualification process, to find out whether an individual has been convicted of a criminal offence or barred from working with children. The role of an ADI is classed as regulated activity, which means that if someone has been barred from working with children, they would be committing an offence by applying for the role. An ADI is required to repeat the disclosure process every four years when they renew their ADI registration.</p><p>The ADI Registrar has the power to remove an ADI who falls below the standard of fit and proper person, and to suspend an ADI if they have been charged or convicted of a sexual or violent offence. These safeguards protect not just women, but everyone using the services of an ADI.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 30/10/2024 16:33:10 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5030

1737002

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Birds: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support cavity-nesting birds on the Red List.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	11062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is considering what action may be appropriate to help red-listed birds, including how to drive up rates of swift brick installation in new build properties.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 30/10/2024 13:22:51 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5030

1736561

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Demonstrations: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the independent review of sentencing policy will include sentencing for peaceful protest.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	10815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The right to protest peacefully is a fundamental part of our democracy. There is a long tradition in this country of people being able to come together and express their views. This Government remains firmly committed to protecting and preserving this right.</p><p>The independent Sentencing Review has a broad remit and will evaluate the sentencing framework as a whole to ensure it is up to date and consistent. The Review will examine options following three core principles: punishing offenders and protecting the public, ensuring sentences encourage prisoners to turn away from crime, and expanding the range of tough punishments outside of prison.</p><p>It will be up to the Chair to decide his areas of focus, but the terms of reference ask it to include: the use and impact of short custodial sentences; community alternatives to prison; use of fines; the role of incentives in sentence management; the framework around longer custodial sentences; approach for specific cohorts including women and prolific offenders; and sentencing for offences primarily committed against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 29/10/2024 09:06:02 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5030

1736220

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
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	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the time limit for access to the Employment Tribunal from three months to six months after an incident of workplace discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	10535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing employment tribunal time limits from 3-6 months, which is in line with the Law Commission recommendation from 2020. Measures to extend the time limit for bringing claims to Employment Tribunals will be added via amendment during the passage of the Employment Rights Bill.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 28/10/2024 17:19:01 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5030

1735084

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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	Agriculture: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to move the regulation of sludge used on agricultural land from the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 into the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, as outlined in the Environment Agency strategy for safe and sustainable sludge use.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	9802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working with the Environment Agency to assess the regulatory framework for sludge. We recognise the importance of improving the regulatory framework, however, further work is required before any proposal for change may be progressed.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 22/10/2024 10:30:39 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	5030

1734869

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
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	Food Data Transparency Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on introducing mandatory reporting for food businesses on (a) health and (b) environmental metrics.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	9595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling the challenges faced by our health system with the shift to prevention central to this ambition. Under the Government’s Health Mission we are considering what preventative action is needed to support people live longer, healthier lives, to reduce the amount of time spent in ill health, tackle health inequalities and drive economic growth. We face an obesity crisis and will explore the most impactful interventions to shift food business sales to healthier food.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is not planning to introduce a sector-specific legislative requirement for food and drink companies to report metrics related to the environment such as greenhouse gas emissions. This is because the Department for Business and Trade are currently considering the endorsement of the International Sustainability Disclosure Standards, to create UK Sustainability Reporting Standards that may include reporting against some environmental metrics. The Government and Financial Conduct Authority will consider whether to mandate these Standards for certain economically significant entities across all sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Food Data Transparency Partnership, Defra is supporting food and drink businesses with greenhouse gas emissions reporting by standardising the data and methods used by the industry. The initial focus has been on GHG emissions, where the science and the reporting requirements are most mature. Moving forwards, the ambition is to consider a broad range of environmental metrics beyond carbon.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 23/10/2024 11:31:02 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5030

1734360

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the availability of social housing across England.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	9239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. Our aspiration is to ensure that, in the first full financial year of this Parliament (2025-26), the number of Social Rent homes is rising rather than falling.</p><p>Our proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework include setting a clear expectation that housing needs assessments must consider the needs of those requiring Social Rent homes, and that local authorities should specify their expectations on Social Rent delivery as part of broader affordable housing policies.</p><p>We have asked Homes England and the Greater London Authority to maximise the number of Social Rent homes in allocating the remaining Affordable Homes Programme funding. The Government has started to review the increased Right to Buy discounts introduced in 2012, on which we will bring forward more details and secondary legislation to implement changes in the autumn. We have also announced new flexibilities for how councils can use their Right to Buy receipts to deliver replacement homes; these flexibilities will be in place for an initial 24 months, subject to review.</p><p>We are committed to setting out details of future Government investment in social and affordable housing at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 23/10/2024 14:46:47 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5030

1734362

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to prevent developers land banking in their area.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	9240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-08-27/900294" target="_blank">900294</a> on 2 September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 23/10/2024 14:49:31 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5030

1734391

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Bricks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the use of swift bricks in new build housing.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	9241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-09-04/4279" target="_blank">4279</a> on 12 September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 23/10/2024 14:53:29 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5030

1733307

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving asylum seekers the right to work whilst their application is being processed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	8506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, can apply for permission to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Immigration Salary List. This list is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we keep all policies under review, there are no immediate plans to change the existing policy. It is important that we distinguish between individuals who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system after it has been put under unprecedented pressure. We will ensure that the system operates fairly and with quicker processing of claims. This will see recognised refugees being able to work, whilst failed asylum seekers can be removed.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 16/10/2024 15:42:25 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5030