Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Fisheries: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the UK fishing industry.
Answer: We know that this will be a concerning time for UK businesses. That is why the Government has been focused on negotiating an economic deal with the US and we remain committed to these discussions. We are resolute in our support for industry across the who...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Import DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the economy of Devon.
Answer: I am disappointed by the announcement of an increase in tariffs by the United States, which are not in anyone’s interest, and we understand businesses across the country are concerned. The government has been fully focused on negotiating an economic deal ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: DevonDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with GWR on ticket offices in Devon.
Answer: The Department expects all train operating companies to use reasonable endeavours to meet their obligations for regulated staffed ticket office opening hours under Schedule 17 of the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement. As such, we regularly review ticket ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to publish an updated impact assessment on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.
Answer: The Department published its Impact Assessment with the introduction of this Bill on the 22nd January 2025. It can be found here: ImpactAssessment.pdf.The Department has committed to produce a further Impact Assessment for the Eligibility Verification Mea...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Big Brother Watch on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2025.
Answer: The Department has extensively engaged a range of stakeholders on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.This includes holding regular forums, which both Disability Rights UK and Big Brother Watch have attended, to provide stakeholders wi...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had recent discussions with Disability Rights UK on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2025.
Answer: The Department has extensively engaged a range of stakeholders on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.This includes holding regular forums, which both Disability Rights UK and Big Brother Watch have attended, to provide stakeholders wi...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41337 on Dangerous Dogs, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for people who are victims of dog bites.
Answer: The National Health Service provides advice on what to do after an animal bite, which is available at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/animal-and-human-bites/Individuals who have been bitten by an animal and are concerned should seek medic...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41244 on Special Educational Needs: Schools, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of local authorities not complying with that advice.
Answer: The ‘Special educational needs and disabilities code of practice’ is statutory guidance issued by the department. Where a local authority does not comply with a statutory duty, such as reviewing a child or young person’s education, health and care (EHC) p...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41541 on Youth Services: Finance, if she will issue new guidance to local authorities on the provision of youth services in the context of propo
Answer: In 2023, DCMS published updated statutory guidance to support local authorities’ understanding of the existing statutory duty on the provision of youth services and how to deliver it. That duty, and therefore local authorities’ responsibilities, have not ...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to the welfare system on the poverty rate for households with at least one disabled (a) child and (b) adult.
Answer: No assessment has been made on this basis.Definitions of disability in the Policy Simulation Model, which is used to model poverty impacts of a policy, differ from those used in the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) poverty statistics. It has therefo...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming ArtsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the EU on touring artists.
Answer: The UK Government remains in constructive dialogue with the EU on tackling the challenges facing UK musicians and their support staff when touring in the EU, as well as other EU reset priorities. Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and European tr...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: UK Relations with EUMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with European allies to jointly (a) procure and (b) stockpile defence equipment; and if he will make it his policy to work with European allies to coordinate mutual large-scale rearmament.
Answer: Europe faces a generational threat to our shared security. As part of strengthening our international relationships this Government will seek an ambitious, broad-based UK-EU security partnership to protect the UK and EU and enhance cooperation on the thre...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBacteriophagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to publish guidance on regulatory process for phage therapy use; and (b) whether that
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is preparing the draft guidance, Regulatory considerations for therapeutic use of bacteriophages in the United Kingdom, which will be published in the second quarter of 2025.Regulation of medi...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with Versus Arthritis to improve the quality of data that his Department publishes on arthritis.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care will continue to work with Versus Arthritis as we consider how best to support people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions such as arthritis. Data on MSK health, including arthritis, is published on Fingertips, an...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 34414 on Climate and Nature Bill, tabled by the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on 27 February 2025.
Answer: Question 34414 was answered on 3 April 2025.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Hazel Grove in Home Office oral questions on 31 March 2025, Official report, Column 19, if she will (a) extend the Ukrainian Permission E
Answer: The UK has offered or extended sanctuary to over 300,000 Ukrainians and their families under the Ukraine Schemes, thanks to the immense generosity of the British public. We are determined to continue to provide stability for those we have welcomed to the ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Hazel Grove in Home Office oral questions on 31 March 2025, Official report, Column 19, whether Ukrainian refugees resident in the UK wil
Answer: The UK has offered or extended sanctuary to over 300,000 Ukrainians and their families under the Ukraine Schemes, thanks to the immense generosity of the British public. We are determined to continue to provide stability for those we have welcomed to the ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the appointment of the new chair of the Competition and Markets Authority on regulation of competition in UK markets.
Answer: The Secretary of State has welcomed the appointment of Doug Gurr as interim Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”). Doug Gurr has a wealth of experience as a business leader and entrepreneur. Along with the CMA Chief Executive, Sarah Carde...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside: DevonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect landscapes with literal heritage in Devon.
Answer: Much of England's culturally rich landscapes and the literary heritage they represent are found in our National Parks, The Broads and National Landscapes. These Protected Landscapes are already specifically designated and managed to conserve and enhance t...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Ukrainian humanitarian visas are excluded from the 10-year route to residency based on nationality.
Answer: The UK has offered or extended sanctuary to over 300,000 Ukrainians and their families under the Ukraine Schemes, thanks to the immense generosity of the British public. We are determined to continue to provide stability for those we have welcomed to the ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow Ukrainians resident in the UK to apply for (a) working and (b) global talent visas.
Answer: The UK has offered or extended sanctuary to over 300,000 Ukrainians and their families under the Ukraine Schemes, thanks to the immense generosity of the British public. We are determined to continue to provide stability for those we have welcomed to the ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordZoos: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 36240 on Zoos: Animal Breeding, how many civil servants are working on negotiating a UK-EU Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary agreement.
Answer: On 19 May the UK and EU announced the terms of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement that we will now negotiate, in addition to the Government announcing recent deals with India and the USA, and further deals in the pipeline. These deals will mak...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearmsHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure police forces conduct due diligence in preventing crimes involving legally held firearms.
Answer: The Firearms Act 1968 gives responsibility for issuing firearms licences to Chief Officers of Police. Since November 2021, however, Statutory Guidance issued by the Secretary of State requires police forces to make robust checks on the suitability of appl...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has reviewed statistical evidence on the use of legally held firearms in criminal activities.
Answer: The Firearms Act 1968 gives responsibility for issuing firearms licences to Chief Officers of Police. Since November 2021, however, Statutory Guidance issued by the Secretary of State requires police forces to make robust checks on the suitability of appl...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Companies: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on whether any UK firms with Russian holdings are not in the process of divesting from operations based in Russia.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not hold any specific data on UK firms that are not in the process of divesting from operations based in Russia. UK businesses must comply with our sanctions, which form an extensive regime to constrain the Kreml...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
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