Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Parish and Town Councils: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether future funding settlements for parish and town councils will account for (a) increasing service delivery responsibilities and (b) variations in local need.
Answer: The government values the contributions made by town and parish councils to the delivery of local services.Local authorities may wish to collaborate with town and parish councils to determine how they can most effectively contribute to service delivery un...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ConductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered including new standards in public life clauses in the English Devolution Bill.
Answer: In December 2024, the government launched a consultation seeking views on proposed measures to strengthen the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England, including the introduction of the sanction of suspension, to empower local auth...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ConductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to include provisions in the English Devolution Bill to standardise ethical conduct and behaviour in (a) parish councils, (b) town councils and (c) other levels
Answer: In December 2024, the government launched a consultation seeking views on proposed measures to strengthen the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England, including the introduction of the sanction of suspension, to empower local auth...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to create delineated funding mechanisms for different tiers of local government in the proposed English Devolution Bill.
Answer: The government has no plans to create further delineated funding mechanisms for different tiers of local government in the proposed English Devolution Bill. The English Devolution White Paper set out that where a Strategic Authority takes on powers which ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce new funding streams for (a) parish and (b) town councils.
Answer: The government values the contributions made by town and parish councils to the delivery of local services.Local authorities may wish to collaborate with town and parish councils to determine how they can most effectively contribute to service delivery un...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the English Devolution Bill will include measures to tackle financial disparities between parish and town councils in the same region.
Answer: The government values the contributions made by town and parish councils to the delivery of local services.Local authorities may wish to collaborate with town and parish councils to determine how they can most effectively contribute to service delivery un...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take through the English Devolution Bill to involve parish and town councils in restructuring decisions at local government level.
Answer: Parish and town councils are not in scope for local government reorganisation and will continue to operate as they do now. As we implement our devolution and local government reorganisation programmes, we will ensure strong community involvement and deliv...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the establishment of new unitary authorities on levels of (a) effectiveness and (b) autonomy of parish and town coun
Answer: Parish and town councils are not in scope for local government reorganisation and will continue to operate as they do now. As we implement our devolution and local government reorganisation programmes, we will ensure strong community involvement and deliv...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the forthcoming English Devolution Bill will include provisions to recognise the role of parish and town councils in local service delivery.
Answer: The government values the contributions made by town and parish councils to the delivery of local services.Local authorities may wish to collaborate with town and parish councils to determine how they can most effectively contribute to service delivery un...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the his US counterpart on UK citizens with a green card data.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has not had any recent discussions with Secretary of State Marco Rubio about green card data, or UK citizens with green cards.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForestsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for enacting the due diligence regulations of the Environment Act 2021, in the context of UK efforts to tackle deforestation.
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course. We are committ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure UK food supply chains do not (a) contribute to the destruction of high-biodiversity forests and (b) undermine international food security.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the climate and nature crises. The UK is delivering programmes to improve forest governance, enable sustainable trade and investment and mobilise finance to support forest protection and restoration in developing co...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForestsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of voluntary corporate commitments in preventing deforestation in UK supply chains.
Answer: We have not made a comprehensive assessment of the contribution of voluntary corporate commitments in the estimated 22% reduction in UK consumption-driven global deforestation between 2017 and 2022. However, there is some evidence that voluntary commitmen...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to (a) review and (b) strengthen deforestation-related regulations after their initial implementation under the Environment Act 2021.
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course. We are committ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of setting high-risk thresholds and monitoring requirements to ensure an effective due diligence for forest risk commodi
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course. We are committ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: International CooperationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential environmental impact of levels of UK consumption of (a) palm oil, (b) soy, (c) beef and (d) cocoa on global deforestation rates.
Answer: The Government recognises that agricultural expansion for commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, and cocoa is a major driver of global deforestation. In 2022, UK consumption of these commodities linked to approximately 16,000hectares of deforestation wo...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward secondary legislation to establish a due diligence regime for forest risk commodities ahead of COP30.
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course. We are committ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to implement the due diligence on forest risk commodities provisions in the Environment Act 2021.
Answer: We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government will set out its approach to addressing UK consumption of forest risk commodities in due course. We are committ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will amend section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to ensure victims of rape and sexual violence do not have their past disclosures used as evidence to drop their case.
Answer: This Government is committed to improving public confidence in the criminal justice system, so that victims feel the system is fair and justice will be done.The Law Commission is currently concluding its comprehensive review into the use of evidence in se...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: DevonDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing peak time pricing on rail fares to and from Devon.
Answer: Peak and off-peak fares are an important tool to manage demand and alleviate crowding on peak time services by encouraging those who can travel off-peak to do so. Any changes to rail policy need to balance affordability for both passengers and taxpayers ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to prevent consumers who do not opt in to supermarket loyalty schemes from being charged higher prices.
Answer: In 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook a review into loyalty pricing in the groceries sector, publishing their findings in November 2024. The CMA found that shoppers who are members of a loyalty scheme can almost always make a genu...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordData Protection: ConsumersDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the data protection implications of offering lower prices in exchange for consumer data.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not specifically discussed schemes that offer lower prices in exchange for consumer data with the Information Commissioner or his officials.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the (a) use of personal data in supermarket loyalty schemes and (b) the potential impact of those schemes on equitable pricing.
Answer: In 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook a review into loyalty pricing in the groceries sector, publishing their findings in November 2024. The CMA found that shoppers who are members of a loyalty scheme can almost always make a genu...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of supermarket loyalty schemes on consumer pricing.
Answer: In 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook a review into loyalty pricing in the groceries sector, publishing their findings in November 2024. The CMA found that shoppers who are members of a loyalty scheme can almost always make a genu...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure consistency in accessibility standards for disabled motorists across (a) privately and (b) publicly operated car parks.
Answer: Both local authorities and private parking operators who provide parking are required under legislation, such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equality Act 2010, to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people and to provide them equal...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
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