Andy McDonald MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Israeli Settlements: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 28 October 2024 on Middle East, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the application of additional sanct
Answer: Our position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank is clear. They are illegal under international law, an obstacle to peace and threaten the physical viability of a two-state solution. We strongly condemn settler violence and the actions of those who se...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with F-35 Global Supply Chain partner nations on the (a) management of the Global Supply Chain and (b) sale of F-35s and UK-made F-35 component
Answer: We have regular discussions with our international counterparts, including the US, on a range of issues relating to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Our licensing decisions are based on our own processes. As the Foreign Secretary made clear in his...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) his US counterparts and (b) the F-35 Joint Programme Office on the steps necessary to limit the availability of UK component parts in
Answer: We have regular discussions with our international counterparts, including the US, on a range of issues relating to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Our licensing decisions are based on our own processes. As the Foreign Secretary made clear in his...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his (a) US counterpart and (b) the F-35 Joint Programme Office on the (i) management of the global supply chain and (ii) sale of (A
Answer: We have regular discussions with our international counterparts, including the US, on a range of issues relating to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Our licensing decisions are based on our own processes. As the Foreign Secretary made clear in his...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6272More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the Infected Blood Compensation Authority can make effective determinations on compensation where medical records of applicants are unavailable.
Answer: Given the historic nature of the infected blood scandal, the Government recognises that not all medical records will still be available. The Scheme has been designed to minimise as far as possible the burden on those applying, and as set out in the Infect...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6271More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the Infected Blood Compensation Authority begins (a) assessing claims and (b) making payments before the end of 2024.
Answer: The Cabinet Office is supporting the Infected Blood Compensation Authority with its aim to design a compensation service that is simple to use, easy to access and securely pays out money as quickly as possible. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority is...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPoultry and Pigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a timetable for a public consultation on the use of (a) cages for laying hens and (b) farrowing crates for pigs.
Answer: We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of enriched ‘colony’ cages for laying hens and farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we will want to fu...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Scottish Government’s consultation on a proposal to phase out the use of cages in Scotland’s laying hen sector
Answer: The UK Government is committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and wants to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. Intergovernmental discussions between Defra and the devolved Governments on animal welfare matters are ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to NHS facilities on advertising the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in cancer screening appointment communications.
Answer: The NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme does not cover travel costs for any National Health Service screening programme, including cancer screening. Further details of what is covered under this scheme and who is eligible, is available at the following lin...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve attendance at cancer screening appointments.
Answer: There are currently three fully rolled out National Health Service cancer screening programmes: bowel; breast; and cervical. Lung cancer screening is also a formal programme, but is yet to be fully rolled out.Bowel cancer screening has already introduced ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled eVisa transition: vulnerability support confirmed, published on 18 September 2024, whether she plans to provide financial support to smaller volu
Answer: On 18 September 2024 we announced grant funding for four organisations (Migrant Help, CA Scotland, Advice NI and Welsh Refugee Council) to provide UK-wide support for vulnerable individuals in their transition from physical immigrations products to an eVi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DocumentsHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the judgment of 7 June 2024 in RAMFEL & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1374 (Admin), what steps her Department is taking, ah
Answer: The Home Office continues to operate checking services to enable those with a legitimate interest to obtain confirmation of a person’s immigration status, supported by published guidance and statutory codes of practice. Employers and landlords should cont...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DocumentsHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the judgment of 7 June 2024 in RAMFEL & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1374 (Admin), what steps her Department is taking to
Answer: We are currently rolling out digital immigration status across all immigration routes. Over time, this will mean people with 3C leave will have this displayed on their digital status (e.g. their 3C leave rights will be displayed on our online services suc...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: SlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the adherence to animal welfare requirements of abattoirs in receipt of funding from the Smaller Abattoir Fund.
Answer: Applications to the Smaller Abattoir Fund (SAF) closed on 30 September. All abattoirs eligible under the SAF are registered and approved by the Food Standards Agency, who are also consulted during the assessment of applications. The Food Standards Agency ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDebts Written Off: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6262More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require private lenders to agree debt cancellation for lower income countries.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling unsustainable debt. Private lenders have an important part to play and alongside our partners in the G20 and Paris Club, we expect private creditors to participate in debt restructurings on comparable terms. This is...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTaxation: International CooperationTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6261More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a UN Tax Convention.
Answer: The UK is committed to working with all stakeholders to ensure inclusive and effective international tax cooperation, and has been actively engaging in negotiations at the UN over a future Framework Convention. The UK believes that a UN Tax Framework Conv...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInternational Law: TaxationTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6260More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the role of the United Nations in the coordination of an international tax framework.
Answer: The UK is committed to working with all stakeholders to ensure inclusive and effective international tax cooperation, and has been actively engaging in negotiations at the UN over a future Framework Convention. The UK believes that a UN Tax Framework Conv...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right to work for asylum seekers who have (a) lodged an asylum application and (b) been waiting more than six months
Answer: As has been the case for many years, asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, can apply for permission to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Immigration Salary List....
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: VisasHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to pilot a refugee visa scheme for people from countries with high asylum grant rates to allow them to travel to the UK to apply for asylum.
Answer: The UK has always done our bit to help those fleeing persecution and continues to welcome refugees and people in need through our global resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettleme...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) amend the Immigration Rules entitled Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection), published on 25 February 2016, to allow children to join wider family members and
Answer: Our refugee family reunion policy is intended to allow those granted protection status in the UK to sponsor their partner or children to stay with or join them here, provided they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country of ori...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIncineratorsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the role of waste incineration capacity in the management of residual wastes in England.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a roadmap to a circular economy, a future where we keep our resources in use for longer, waste is reduced, we accelerate the path to net zero, we see investment in critical infrastructure and green jobs, our economy...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: LeaveDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce a right to paid employment leave to support kinship carers.
Answer: The department recognises the challenges that many kinship carers face in continuing to work alongside the pressures of taking in a child, and we believe they should be supported to remain in work where possible. Kinship carers are likely to benefit from ...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will respond to correspondence of 15 May 2024 from the Work and Pensions Select Committee to her predecessor, o making recommendations in relation to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Se
Answer: We will need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation. We need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides including the recommendations made by the Work and Pensions Sele...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, whether sh
Answer: As a newly formed Government we will need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation. Now the election has concluded we need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides. The...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she accepts the findings of maladministration in her Department in the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and
Answer: As a newly formed Government we will need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation. Now the election has concluded we need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides. The...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
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