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419570

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to reform the law on abortion in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	10661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Any proposal to reform the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is also for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine what support women receive to travel to Great Britain to have an abortion. Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office have received no recent representations on the purchasing of abortion medication on the internet.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 10631 10632 question first answered 12/10/2015 14:32:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419571

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to support women in Northern Ireland who cannot travel to Great Britain to have an abortion due to lack of money, lack of support or immigration issues.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	10631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Any proposal to reform the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is also for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine what support women receive to travel to Great Britain to have an abortion. Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office have received no recent representations on the purchasing of abortion medication on the internet.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 10632 10661 question first answered 12/10/2015 14:32:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419572

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her policy is on the purchasing of abortion medication on the internet; and what recent representations she has received on this subject.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	10632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Any proposal to reform the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is also for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine what support women receive to travel to Great Britain to have an abortion. Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office have received no recent representations on the purchasing of abortion medication on the internet.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 10631 10661 question first answered 12/10/2015 14:32:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

578781

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it his Department's policy to ensure that trade negotiations are linked to the UK's human rights obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	45697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK will in due course consider all options in the design of future bilateral trade negotiations. Until the UK leaves the EU, we will remain subject to EU trade agreements and trade policy, of which human rights is a fundamental principle.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 15/09/2016 10:47:09 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

626147

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to establish and facilitate civil society dialogue when negotiating trade agreements between the UK and other countries (a) during negotiations on the UK leaving the EU and (b) after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	51217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that, as we leave the EU, we will make Britain a country that truly works not just for a privileged few, but for everybody.</p><p>Dialogue with civil society will play a vital role in informing the development of the UK’s approach to trade. Over the coming weeks and months we will be engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including civil society groups, both in the UK and internationally.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 03/11/2016 17:11:28 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638775

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government's press release of 14 October 2016 on the visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the UK trade envoy for that region, what further steps he plans to take in order to facilitate trade by (a) people in the Palestinian Business Women's Forum and (b) other Palestinian women.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	53731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Baroness Morris, visited the market in October. Following this there are plans to reactivate the Palestinian British Business Council to facilitate and develop trade links between the UK and the OPT including members of the Palestinian Business Women's Forum (PBWF).</p><p>The PBWF in Ramallah, with the UK government’s help, aims to host specialised speakers from the UK to educate forum members and other beneficiaries about the import and export regulations and the business environment in the UK for start-up businesses.</p><p>Further to this, the DFID-EU’s Palestinian Market Development Programme (PMDP) is a high performing programme which has helped 283 companies to develop new products and/or enter new markets. Approximately 50% of the companies assisted are women owned/managed companies.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 23/11/2016 13:17:30 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678148

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52038, on staff, what the size of the trade policy team was on 24 June 2016; and how many of those staff have had experience of negotiating trade agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	61525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>On 24 June 2016 the trade policy team numbered 45 civil servants. These individuals were all focused on UK trade policy in the context of providing input to the European Commission’s trade negotiations.</p><p>At this stage our primary focus is on developing our policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations. We are recruiting high quality individuals with a range of policy, negotiation and trade-specific skills and experience.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 27/01/2017 14:56:43 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678151

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2016 to Question 52038, how many members of staff with previous experience of negotiating trade agreements have been recruited since 24 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	61476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Trade Policy group has a strong core of trade policy officials and this has quadrupled in size since 24 June and is continuing to grow. To date, recruitment has primarily been from within the Civil Service but we are now running an external recruitment campaign.</p><p>At this stage our primary focus is on developing our policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations. We are recruiting high quality individuals with a range of policy, negotiation and trade-specific skills and experience.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 27/01/2017 14:52:12 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1385231

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to replace Local Authority Monitoring and Brokerage Grant funding by increasing the money allocated to schools directly in the event that the grant funding is withdrawn.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	87731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>The department has consulted on plans for reforming how local authorities fund their school improvement functions and will publish a government response early in the new year. The department is continuing to deliver year on year, real term per pupil increases to school funding. We are investing a further £4.7 billion by financial year 2024-25 for the core schools budget in England, over and above the Spending Review 2019 settlement for schools in financial year 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/12/2021 16:35:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1387602

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what ways (a) young people and (b) others in Bristol West constituency are able to engage with his Department on its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	92970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced a range of measures at COP26 to put climate change and sustainability at the heart of education. These included a draft Sustainability and Climate Change strategy for the education and children’s services systems, a new National Education Nature Park and Climate Leaders Award.</p><p>From December 2021 to March 2022, working groups of sector representatives and a group of young people, reflecting a diverse range of voices, backgrounds, and experiences, will bring together feedback on the draft Sustainability and Climate Change strategy from those they represent.</p><p>The department has set up a youth panel to ensure we can listen to the views of young people as we further develop the strategy. Young representatives from larger organisations such as the Student Climate Commission, Teach the Future, the UK Sustainable Schools Network and the Green Skills Youth Council will share the views of the children and young people from their networks at the youth panel meetings. The department encourages all interested stakeholders to feed their views in via these organisations.</p><p>The department will work closely with the working groups and with delivery partners across government to refine and build on the strategy ahead of publication of a final version in April 2022. We will also continue to engage with a wide range of stakeholders through bi-lateral meetings and topic specific workshops.</p><p>The department will be launching an informal online survey early next year for interested stakeholders. We will publish the details of the survey in the new year and will make it available to schools and young people.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/12/2021 17:01:36 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire