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1693904

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Serbia: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Serbia at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 22 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	17133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK welcomes the 22 January debate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on observation of Parliamentary elections in Serbia in December 2023<em>.</em> The UK contributed a strong contingent to the combined international monitoring mission, alongside support for local election observation. The UK shares concerns over election irregularities and welcomes President Vucic's pledge to implement the recommendations set out in the final OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) report. The UK stands ready to support Serbia in this important work and urges meaningful progress before elections this spring.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/03/2024 09:23:57 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1693905

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	COE Commissioner for Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled Annual activity report 2023 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 22 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	17134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK has noted the Annual Report of the Council of Europe's independent Commissioner for Human Rights. We particularly welcome the Commissioner's focus on the human rights situation of children forcibly transferred or deported to Russia or Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine. The UK supported the Reykjavik Declaration on the situation of the children of Ukraine and continues to support accountability efforts, including through sanctions, awareness-raising campaigns and our participation in the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/03/2024 17:11:52 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1693909

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Israel: Hamas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled Recent developments in the Middle East: Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and Israel’s response at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 23 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	17138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Israel suffered the worst terror attack in its history at the hands of Hamas. Palestinian civilians are facing a devastating and growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We want the fighting to stop now. We are calling for an immediate pause to get aid in and hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire, without a return to destruction, fighting and loss of life.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/03/2024 16:16:24 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1693910

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled The theme of migration and asylum in election campaigns and the consequences on the welcoming and rights of migrants at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 23 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	17139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Current levels of immigration are unprecedented with net migration at 672,000 in the year to June 2023, up significantly on pre-pandemic volumes. This is partly because the UK is at the forefront of efforts to support those who flee persecution, conflict and instability. We welcomed over half a million people on resettlement schemes and visa routes since 2015. In parallel the government is addressing legal migration, including a plan to curb immigration abuse. We are working with international partners to tackle illegal migration.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/03/2024 17:13:00 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1693911

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled Globalisation in times of crisis and war: the role of the OECD since the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 24 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	17140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK has played an important role in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) response to Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, including by making Ukraine a focus of the UK chaired Ministerial Council Meeting in 2023. We have also fully supported the OECD's firm response to Russia's actions in Ukraine, including its decision to suspend Russia and Belarus from OECD bodies and programmes, close the OECD office in Moscow and open an OECD-Ukraine liaison office in Kyiv.</p><p>We also strongly support the OECD's broader work to address shared challenges in the current global context, including its work to promote economic resilience and tackle social inequality.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/03/2024 08:28:48 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1673337

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Culture: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available for arts and culture in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Levelling Up White Paper, HM Government is committed to ensuring that funding for arts and culture is more fairly distributed across the country. Arts Council England’s 2023–26 investment programme (the ‘National Portfolio’), worth over £444 million per year, has seen investment to cultural organisations in rural areas increase to £44.6 million, benefiting 110 organisations across the country.</p><p>In local authority areas identified as predominantly rural, there has been a 22% increase in investment in National Portfolio Organisations and Investment Principles Support Organisations. Urban areas with significant rural portions have seen an increase of 37%.</p><p>Cultural opportunities are also provided in rural areas by organisations based in neighbouring urban areas – for instance, through touring. Public library services in the Arts Council’s National Portfolio with a base in urban areas are also important to cultural opportunities in rural locations. The National Rural Touring Forum has also had its funding increased to help build capacity in this important part of the sector.</p><p>Arts Council England has also supported approximately 30 Cultural Compacts across England – including in rural and Levelling Up priority areas – and has provided these existing Compacts with further funding to build capacity and long-term cross-sector relationships. (Cultural Compacts are partnerships between the cultural and heritage sectors, Local Authorities, and wider local partners such as universities, health agencies, and the private sector, with the aim of enhancing creatives’ contribution to local development.)</p><p>Additionally, arts and cultural organisations in rural areas are able to access Arts Council England’s project grants, an open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. This supports thousands of individual artists and community and cultural organisations, with over £105 million of funding awarded in 2022/23.</p><p>Meanwhile, DCMS’s £86 million Museum Estate and Development Fund has supported several museums in rural areas, including The Food Museum in Stowmarket which presents the agricultural history of East Anglia, the industrial museums Papplewick Pumping Station and Coldharbour Mill, Shandy Hall, the rural home of the writer Laurence Sterne, and Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 04/12/2023 13:50:27 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1654176

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Space
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the level of growth in the space sector in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	906130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing the UK space sector. Yesterday's inaugural meeting of the reformed National Space Council Inter-Ministerial Group was an important moment for taking forward the National Space Strategy and developing a single Government voice on space.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/07/2023 08:32:44 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1645602

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the exemption in the Renters Reform Bill to allow fixed term tenancies for purpose built student accommodation to include all student accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	190095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is carefully considering the impact of our reforms on the student housing market. We recognise there is a general annual lettings cycle and are considering solutions, such as a ground for possession that enables landlords to guarantee vacant possession for next year's tenants. Any solution needs to balance the needs of both students and landlords, and we will continue to engage with the sector. I am happy to discuss this matter further with my Hon. Friend.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/06/2023 13:39:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1645307

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Special Protection Areas: Licensing
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 she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of withdrawing GL43 licences from special protection areas on the finances of rural businesses; and whether she plans to provide compensation to estates that (a) do not receive and (b) are delayed in receiving a licence.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	189949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports gamebird shooting for all the benefits it brings to individuals, the environment and the rural economy and will work with the industry to try to mitigate any potential impact.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 22/06/2023 16:29:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1645308

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Special Protection Areas: Licensing
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 she made an assessment of the potential merits of consulting on the withdrawal of GL43 licences from special protection areas prior to implementing that policy.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	189950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Defra minister responsible has taken this decision following initial advice from the statutory nature conservation body, Natural England to reduce the risk of impact of avian influenza on rare and protected wild bird populations. We informed stakeholders on 10 May, based on their feedback we sought further advice from Defra’s Chief Scientific Officer prior to issuing final decision on 31 May.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 22/06/2023 16:33:48 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris