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1610046

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date	14/04/2023
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	Agriculture: Energy
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 discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on extending the list of energy and trade intensive industries that are eligible for a higher level of energy support to include horticulture and poultry businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	180179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Defra officials and Ministers have worked closely with counterparts across Government on the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) support since the Government started to support business energy prices in Autumn 2022, raising the energy needs of businesses in our sectors via cross Government discussions on design of the scheme and formal Write Round processes.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/04/2023 09:29:39 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1610047

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Meat: Imports
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 she has made of the adequacy of biosecurity checks on imported meat.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	180180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Border Target Operating Model (TOM) ON 05 April 2023. In developing the TOM, we have designed a modern border with a simplified, effective, risk-based system of controls based on current assessments of risks to biosecurity. It will strike the appropriate balance between protecting the UK’s public health, food supply chains and natural environment, and setting a proportionate controls regime. The TOM will operate a more sophisticated approach to risk categorisation than the EU’s 3rd country model, with the intensity of controls calibrated to the level of risk presented by each commodity, and the country of origin. This will be underpinned independent and dynamic risk assessments which respond to changing risks. For high-risk and medium-risk goods, including POAO products in those categories, we will retain health certification and BCP inspection, albeit with frequently lower inspection rates than under the EU model.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/04/2023 11:52:04 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1610048

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Agricultural Products: Exports
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 steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support agricultural exports.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	180181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>We are delivering our commitment to boost UK exports. We want people at home and abroad to be lining up to buy British.</p><p> </p><p>We have expanded our agrifood attaché network from two to eleven locations around the world. They work to resolve market access barriers, reduce the complexity of trading requirements, and raise the profile of British products, enabling U.K. producers to tap into the growing international demand for our quality products.</p><p> </p><p>The attachés work to drive export growth and help deliver on the opportunities created by new Free Trade Agreements.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/04/2023 09:25:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1610049

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	National Grid: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to improve the national grid network in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	180182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem regulate investment by network companies in improving the electricity grid through the price control process. The Government welcomes Ofgem’s work to create a price control that will ready the grid for changes to electricity demand and supply needed for a secure, net zero system, including in rural areas. In the current electricity distribution network price control, they have set baseline funding at £22.2bn, including £3.1bn proposed for upgrades, which will improve the network in rural areas and support the expected uptake in electric vehicles, heat pumps and the connection of more local, low carbon generation.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 24/04/2023 15:22:18 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1610050

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the planning system on on-farm renewable energy projects.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	180183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>National planning policy is clear that local authorities should have a positive strategy in place to promote energy from renewable and low carbon sources such as solar plants.</p><p>The Government also recognises the need to preserve our most productive farmland. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is clear that planning decisions should 'contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment' by recognising the 'benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land'. Where significant development of agricultural land is shown to be necessary, the Framework sets out that areas of poorer quality land should be used in preference to those of a higher quality.</p><p>The Government recently consulted on proposed changes to the NPPF, which includes a change relating to food security, building on what is already in the NPPF on preserving most productive farmland. Ministers and officials are currently analysing the responses received before issuing a formal response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 21/04/2023 16:56:41 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1605632

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles: Delivery Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on developing regulation to support the expanded use of low speed, low weight, autonomous last-mile delivery.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	169239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Some emerging technologies, such as low speed, low weight, last-mile delivery vehicles with automated technology, have no specific provision for them under existing legislation. Any development of regulation for these technologies would need to be balanced with the need to maintain safety and accessibility for other road users. The Government is considering research to inform possible ways forward in this area.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2023 10:16:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1568814

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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, how many medically fit patients have been waiting more than 14 days to be discharged in acute hospital settings as of 19 January.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	127720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/01/2023 17:01:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49807 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1568816

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Kettering Hospital and Northampton Hospital: 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, how many medically fit patients in acute wards are awaiting discharge in (a) Kettering and (b) Northampton General Hospital; and what proportion of the total available beds this constitutes in both locations.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	127721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In the week ending 15 January, the daily average number of patients who remain in hospital and do not meet the criteria to reside in Kettering General Hospital Trust was 54, 9% of available beds, and in Northampton General Hospital Trust was 114, 17% of available beds.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/01/2023 10:17:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49808 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1568817

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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, how many medically fit patients in NHS acute wards are awaiting discharge; and what proportion of the total available beds this constitutes.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	127722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In the week ending 15 January, there was a daily average of 14,000 patients in hospital who were medically fit to be discharged. This accounts for 14% of the total beds available from the trusts who submitted discharge data.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/01/2023 10:16:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49809 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1465074

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department on 18 May 2022, on Foreign National Offender Removal Flights, Official Report, column 687, in respect of each of the 112 individuals originally included on the flight manifest, whether each of those individuals were on the flight when it departed; what criminal convictions each of those individuals had; and for what reasons certain individuals did not depart on that flight.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	6734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>This Government’s priority is keeping the people of this country safe, and we make no apology for seeking to remove dangerous foreign criminals. Foreign national offenders (FNOs) who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.</p><p>We do not comment on individual cases. However, convicted criminals guilty of heinous crimes, including manslaughter, rape, robbery, child sex offences, drug offences and violent crime, and persistent offenders, were not deported on 18 May 2022. These are extremely serious offences which have a real and lasting impact on victims and communities.</p><p>All those returned are provided with the opportunity to raise claims prior to their removal. But where representations are made at the last minute, despite the offender having ample opportunity to raise these at an earlier stage, and the claim cannot be resolved in time for the flight’s departure, it can act as a barrier to removal.</p><p>We are doing everything possible to reduce legal challenges and to increase the numbers of FNOs being removed. Our New Plan for Immigration, underpinned by the Nationality and Borders Act, is the first major reform of the system in decades and will end the merry-go-round of last-minute legal challenges that stop us removing those with no right to be in the country.</p><p>The Government is committed to removing FNOs with no legal basis to be here and since January 2019 we have returned over 10,000 people from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/05/2022 16:04:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone