Alicia Kearns MP: written questions
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Jagtar Singh JohalForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Indian counterpart on Jagtar Singh Johal’s continuing detention following his acquittal 4 March 2025.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has raised Mr Johal's case with his Indian counterpart on several occasions, most recently on 5 March immediately following the acquittal in one of the cases faced by Mr Johal. We continue to make clear to the Government of India tha...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJagtar Singh JohalForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with the family of Jagtar Singh Johal since his acquittal on 4 March 2025.
Answer: The Government remains committed to working for faster progress on Jagtar Singh Johal's case, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office continue to provide support to Mr Johal and his family. The Foreign Secretary last met Mr Johal's family on ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSerbia: Riot Control WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will support the request by over 500,000 Serbian petitioners to the UN for an international investigation into the use of sonic weaponry against protestors
Answer: The UK consistently advocates for the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, globally. During his recent visit to Serbia, the Foreign Secretary underlined to government interlocutors the importance of protecting and respecting these rights, and of ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what areas will local grooming gang inquiries be conducted in.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including by grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims and pursuing and punishing the perpetrators of these ...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with external organisations while developing the local grooming gang inquiries.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including by grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims and pursuing and punishing the perpetrators of these ...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the national framework for local grooming gang inquiries to be published.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including by grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims and pursuing and punishing the perpetrators of these ...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on the establishing the local grooming gang inquiries.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including by grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims and pursuing and punishing the perpetrators of these ...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLitter: Fast FoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory scheme to require drive through fast food outlets to print car registration details on purch
Answer: We do not think it would be appropriate to require take-away food vendors to implement a vehicle registration number printing and tracing system for packaging due to the potential costs involved, which may outweigh any benefits. Data protection concerns h...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal LiabilityMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to review the use of automatism as a legal defence.
Answer: There are no current plans for the Government to review the defence of automatism.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: PowersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to (a) reform and (b) enhance the (i) powers, (ii) financial responsibility and (iii) wider responsibilities of parish councils through the process of local go
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper is clear that the government wants to create new opportunities for communities to have a say in the future of their area and play a part in improving it. Ensuring that parish councils are effective and representative of ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAircraft: ChinaDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to protect the UK's aviation industry from intellectual property theft by Chinese companies.
Answer: The government takes the issue of global intellectual property crime and infringement seriously and engages with other governments, industry and law enforcement partners to tackle this issue. We also work with businesses to help them safeguard their innov...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAircraft: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has met with Britten-Norman to discuss the Chinese Company Yitong UAV Systme Co's newly designed model based on the British Islander design.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has not met with Britten-Norman. Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published routinely on Gov.uk as part of the Government’s transparency agenda. The latest returns can be found h...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChoirs: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41131More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing the eligibility criteria for the Orchestral Tax Relief to include standalone choirs without the accompanying orchestra.
Answer: The Government supports the creative industries, including orchestras, through funding and through the tax system. Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) provides tax relief on productions costs and provided £33 million of support in 2022-23. To qualify for OTR, a co...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has plans to introduce minimum community compensation funding for communities impacted by (a) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project solar developments and (b) solar develop
Answer: Through the Clean Power Action Plan, we have made clear that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, we will ensure they benefit from it. There are many options in this area, and we are exploring all options to ensure communities can benefit f...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to introduce community benefit measures for solar developments as part of the Plan for Change.
Answer: Through the Clean Power Action Plan, we have made clear that where communities host clean energy infrastructure, we will ensure they benefit from it. There are many options in this area, and we are exploring all options to ensure communities can benefit f...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with veterans who have served in Northern Ireland since taking his post.
Answer: Since I was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, I have engaged with veterans and their representatives on two occasions. I have also met with both the previous and current Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner, and with a group representin...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of the Budapest Memorandum for his policies.
Answer: In the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, Russia committed to "refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine." Russia has clearly breach...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of actual bodily harm and sentenced to under four years in prison have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.
Answer: On 7 November, the Ministry of Justice published transparency data on how many offenders were released on the first days of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 of SDS40 (1,889 prisoners on the first day of Tranche 1, and 1,223 prisoners on the first day of Tranche 2)...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: British National (Overseas)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will call in the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China following reporting of cash offered by the Chinese Embassy for information on Hong Kong activists living i
Answer: We will not tolerate attempts by foreign powers to intimidate, harass, or harm their critics overseas. Following the issuing of arrest warrants on Christmas Eve, the Foreign Secretary strongly condemned the targeting of Hong Kongers in the UK.Following re...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33091More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential implications for his policies of the decision by the Australian government to ban DeepSeek from all government devices and systems.
Answer: The UK government keeps new technologies under review to ensure that our existing policies and guidance are appropriate to mitigate any emerging risks. In the case of new Artificial Intelligence tools, we have a robust set of security policies in place to...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSovereign Grant: ReviewsTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33090More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform the Sovereign Grant at the next review.
Answer: As required by the Sovereign Grant Act 2011, the next review of the Sovereign Grant will take place in 2026. The government has committed to bring forward legislation to reset the Grant to a lower level from 2027-28 once Buckingham Palace reservicing work...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: SurveysMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on public surveys using vouchers as incentives.
Answer: The information cannot be provided, as it is not held centrally and collating it would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the shortage of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy drugs.
Answer: The Department is continuing to engage with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. Suppliers have managed to secure additional pharmaceutical ingredients resulting in expected increa...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance CertificatesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of delaying the requirement to replace gas boilers with heat pumps whilst the minimum EPC rating is being increased.
Answer: The Government launched a consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector on 7th February 2025, this includes proposals for rented homes to achieve Energy Performance Certificate C or equivalent by 2030...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 19 of her Department's Guidance on planning propriety: planning casework decisions, published in December 2021, if she will place in the Library a cop
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, government does not normally disclose internal communications.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
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