David Chadwick MP: written questions 2025
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Child Poverty Taskforce: Welsh GovernmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Child Poverty Taskforce will interact with the Welsh Government.
Answer: Child Poverty Taskforce Ministers and Officials meet regularly with Ministers and Officials from the Devolved Governments. Working closely with partners across all UK nations and regions is a central part of our approach to developing the strategy, as set...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34520More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to work with the (a) CLA, (b) NFU, (c) FUW and (d) other industry bodies to protect working farms in the context of the proposed changes to APR and BPR.
Answer: As the Minister responsible for the UK tax system, I have participated in several meetings with agricultural organisations since Autumn Budget 2024 to listen to their views. Most recently, the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs and I met with re...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on securing an EU-UK veterinary agreement.
Answer: In line with our manifesto commitment, the Government is committed to resetting our EU relationship, including by seeking to negotiate a SPS agreement. We have been clear that an SPS agreement could boost trade and deliver significant benefits on both sid...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WalesWales OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to collaborate with the Welsh Government on cross-border healthcare.
Answer: We are working in a spirit of genuine collaboration to do everything possible to cut waiting lists and build an NHS fit for the future. Our two Governments are already learning from best practice in areas such as the Welsh Government’s work on dentistry a...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: WalesWales OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on reducing waiting times for NHS treatment.
Answer: I regularly meet with the First Minister to discuss a wide range of matters, including health and NHS waiting lists in Wales. Our two Governments are working in a spirit of genuine collaboration. In the Autumn Budget, we provided the Welsh Government with...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ofwat on ensuring that any fines placed on water companies are not passed onto customers in the form of higher bills.
Answer: The cost burden for water company fines is borne by their shareholders, not by customers. Ofwat have been clear that when financial penalties are imposed on water companies, customers should not bear the costs and water companies cannot surcharge their cu...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on permitting a vaccine for Bluetongue; and what discussions he has had with devolved Administrations on ensuring that vaccine is available across the United
Answer: Defra’s approach to bluetongue virus (BTV) considers the latest scientific evidence and veterinary advice and aims to limit the spread of infection through proportionate and evidence-based control measures. Close collaborative working on bluetongue vaccin...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: FinesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions has the Groceries Code Adjudicator imposed the maximum fine on a retailer for non-compliance since 2013.
Answer: Since 2013 the Groceries Code Adjudicator has not imposed a fine on a retailer for non-compliance. The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) has a number of levers to deal with non-compliance and resolve disputes. Following an investigation into a regulated re...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what engagement he has had with the Welsh Government to discuss the upcoming food strategy.
Answer: The UK’s food system is fully integrated across the four nations, though significant elements of food policy are devolved. Our strategy will therefore consider the food system across the whole of the UK, with the UK Government working closely with the Dev...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGroceries Code Adjudicator: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff work for the Groceries Code Adjudicator; and whether any of those staff are seconded from other Departments.
Answer: The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) is funded by a levy on the fourteen regulated retailers covered by the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. It does not employ its own staff but may make arrangements for staff to be seconded from any other public author...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that female-only medical conditions are included in medical training and research.
Answer: The General Medical Council (GMC) sets and enforces the standards that all doctors, Anaesthesia Associates, and Physician Associates must adhere to. The standard of training for doctors is the responsibility of the GMC, who set the outcome standards expec...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: CommunicationsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what regulatory mechanisms are in place to help consumers verify the legitimacy of communications from (a) banks, (b) energy providers and (c) telecommunications companies to help prevent scams.
Answer: Although the Department of Business and Trade does not directly regulate these sectors, Companies House and the Insolvency Service supply data on UK registered companies to assist law enforcement targeting online fraud and other economic crimes. Furthermo...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the Global Centre of Rail Excellence will have in supporting offline testing of new trains.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to use rail industry procurement to support the Global Centre of Rail Excellence opportunity.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the rail industry to ensure it can access a greater share of competitive research and development funding through UKRI and Horizon Europe.
Answer: Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) play a critical role in helping the rail industry reduce its emissions and costs, optimise operations, improve resilience and safety and enhance passenger experience. The Department of Transport continues to...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Welsh Government to ensure that the opportunity of the Global Centre of Rail Excellence is maximised as part of its Industrial Strategy.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to help the Welsh Government ensure the Global Centre of Rail Excellence facility in South Wales is being supported to project completion.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: WalesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26763More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of Foreign Direct Investment in Wales by country.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that National Grid is taking improved action to regularly maintain infrastructure networks.
Answer: The maintenance of our electricity network is critical to deliver clean, secure power to homes and businesses across the country. Electricity network operators are private companies which build, own, operate, and maintain electricity network infrastructur...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact of seeking unlicensed products as an alternative to Creon to mitigate ongoing pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy shortages on pharmac
Answer: There has been no assessment on the potential economic impact of seeking unlicensed products as an alternative to Creon.The Department is continuing to engage with suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) and special importers of unlicens...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress National Grid Electricity Transmission have made on (a) proposals to connect the transmission grid in north Wales to the south and (b) agreements with generators on connection c
Answer: As a private transmission owner National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) develops project proposals in England and Wales where a transmission need is identified by the National Energy System Operator (NESO). In all proposals evidence demonstrating du...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide additional support to police forces impacted by increased volumes of disclosure applications.
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office and works directly with police forces to process disclosure applications.Overall, police performance remains strong: the DBS sends approximately 3 million checks ea...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWelsh National Opera: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with (a) Arts Council England and (b) Arts Council of Wales on a sustainable funding solution for the Welsh National Opera.
Answer: I have already held a series of productive meetings with the Wales Office, Welsh Government, Arts Council England, and Welsh National Opera to understand the issue in more detail and to see how, within the parameters of the arm’s length principle, DCMS ca...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Wye: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementing the River Wye Action Plan.
Answer: This Government is actively progressing the next steps for the River Wye. This includes building stronger ties and working collaboratively with the Welsh Government, Environment Agency and Natural England, as well as local MPs, farmers, local community gr...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic LavatoriesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to provide public conveniences.
Answer: Adequate provision of public conveniences is an important issue which local authorities are best suited to manage, given their firm understanding of the needs of their communities.Our English Devolution White Paper, published before Christmas, sets out ho...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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