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date	30/04/2024
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	Rwanda: Rule of Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the operation of the rule of law in Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	24263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>Conclusions from FCDO experts fed into the Home Office's policy statement on evidence of the safety of the Republic of Rwanda, published on 11 January 2024, which assessed the Rwanda's legal framework. The World Justice Project's Rule of Law index ranks Rwanda top in sub-Saharan Africa and amongst low-income countries for order and security. The UK encourages Rwanda to uphold and champion Commonwealth values of democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/05/2024 15:46:39 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1341964

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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: Planning
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 plans he has to prioritise homes with gardens over flats without gardens in housing planning applications.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	24263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government, through the National Planning Policy Framework, asks local planning authorities to ensure size, type and tenure of housing, and access to outdoor space needed for different groups in the community is assessed and reflected in local planning policies and decisions. The National Design Guide, which sits alongside the National Planning Policy Framework as guidance, emphasises the importance of providing a network of high quality green open spaces, which could be public, shared or private.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/07/2021 16:42:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1182212

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the NAO's report of 27 February 2020, The equipment plan 2019 to 2029, HC 111, 2019-20, what the percentages are of (a) USD and (b) EU foreign exchange rate losses of the £1.5 billion losses referenced in that report.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	24263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The assessment of affordability presented in the Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan report of 27 February 2020 includes forecast costs for foreign currency using the most likely exchange rates at the reporting date (April 2019). The NAO calculated that these costs could be £1.5 billion more over 10-years based on less favourable exchange rates in October 2019. All of this was due to US Dollar exchange rate changes. Forecast exchange rates have since improved so these additional costs no longer represent the most likely outcome, though the Department recognises the risk of additional costs as exchange rates fluctuate in response to events.</p><p>The Department plans on the basis of most likely costs using foreign exchange rate forecasts from professional forecasting agencies and theoretical economic models. The department limits the risk of additional costs by purchasing a proportion of demand up to three years in advance at fixed prices using services provided by the Bank of England and HM Treasury. The impact of short-term variations in foreign exchange rates are managed as part of the routine financial management of the defence programme.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 24264 question first answered 09/03/2020 16:20:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

447698

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response she has made to the recent letter from the Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire and Rescue Authority detailing improvements in that Authority's pay and recruitment arrangements following Ministerial intervention; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	24263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>Melanie Dawes, the Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer for the Department for Communities and Local Government, replied to Sir Peter Brown the chairman of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, on 30 December. That letter reiterated the Government’s position that all parts of the public sector should continue to demonstrate restraint in the pay and reward offered to senior staff, and should ensure that the way that their workforces are managed is truly in the interests of taxpayers.</p><p>While fire and rescue authorities are independent employers and it is for their leadership to make local decisions about the pay, reward and appointment of their staff, the Government has taken a number of steps to increase the transparency and accountability of these local decisions, not least through the Localism Act 2011 and its associated guidance.</p><p>These measures have helped create the conditions in which decisions on senior remuneration are rightfully subject to significantly greater scrutiny, ensuring the public have the information they need to hold councillors to account at the ballot box.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/02/2016 17:22:12 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough