Andrew Mitchell: The Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Red Sea and Director General for Africa and the Americas recently visited Ethiopia to meet with senior Ethiopian Ministers and civil society, where they raised the situation in Amhara with the Ethiopian government. On 11 August we coordinated a statement with the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, calling for escalation and protection of civilians....
Andrew Mitchell: The Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Red Sea and Director General for Africa and the Americas recently visited Ethiopia to meet with senior Ethiopian Ministers and civil society, where they raised the situation in Amhara with the Ethiopian government. On 11 August we coordinated a statement with the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, calling for escalation and protection of civilians....
Andrew Mitchell: ...including for the African Union's monitoring mission for Tigray. In recent weeks senior FCDO officials including the Director General for Africa and the Americas, and the Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa visited Ethiopia to support diplomatic engagement including in relation to violence in Amhara.
James Cartlidge: ...to spend more than £3 billion over the next 10 years on modernising its Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) capability; and Navy are investing in the future of the Type 45 air defence capability with Sea Viper Evolution, which is due to enter service in 2027.
James Heappey: ...training. The UK is also currently delivering counter explosive training to Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and training Ukrainian Navy personnel to conduct mine countermeasure activity at sea. Several mine clearance capabilities are also under consideration for inclusion in the next package of support from the International Fund for Ukraine. This package is subject to review and approval...
James Heappey: ...will combine existing capabilities to deliver a joint force able to operate globally and in support of NATO. It will enhance integration across domains, bringing together forces from across land, sea, air, space and cyber.
Rebecca Pow: ...emergency services and the military to ensure resilience and a readiness to respond to all environmental emergencies, including flooding. Environment Agency teams carry out joint training with the Fire and Rescue Service and other organisations. This involves the deployment of assets such as temporary barriers and mobile pumps to prepare for flooding. The Environment Agency’s work with...
Andrew Bowie: ...vehicle that will develop and build the STEP prototype power plant. Early site development for STEP is already underway at West Burton, Nottinghamshire, to transform the site of a former coal-fired power station into a global hub for fusion innovation.
Lee Rowley: Government building safety schemes provide funding for the remediation or mitigation of life safety fire risks associated with externally clad walls, ensuring the safety of all occupants, including co-located businesses. While there is no additional funding for businesses affected by necessary remediation works, we do expect companies in these buildings to be consulted about proposed repairs....
Clive Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the factors behind Vattenfall’s decision to stop development of the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm.
Clive Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs supported by the existing supply chain contracts awarded as part of the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm.
James Heappey: ...will combine existing capabilities to deliver a joint force able to operate globally and in support of NATO. It will enhance integration across domains, bringing together forces from across land, sea, air, space and cyber.
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on revenue accrued to the Exchequer in (a) income tax, (b) national insurance contributions, (c) corporation tax, (d) north sea revenue, (e) non domestic rates, (f) fuel duties, (g) VAT, (h) VAT refunds, (i) alcohol duties, (j) tobacco duties, (k) land and buildings transaction tax, (l) environmental levies, (m) reserved...
Jesse Norman: Neither the Department for Transport (DfT) nor the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) hold this information. As North Sea helicopter movements are non-scheduled, operators do not provide flight data to the CAA. Only the operators themselves will hold this data.
Fleur Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the progress made to remediate fire safety defects in housing blocks by Taylor Wimpey in Putney constituency.
Julian Lewis: ...the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193280 on Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Diaries, how much his Department spent on (a) barristers and (b) other lawyers as part of the (i) litigation related to the First-tier Tribunal and (ii) freedom of information requests made by Dr Andrew Lownie on the Mountbatten diaries and letters.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the average backlog of safety-critical maintenance work on oil and gas installations in the North Sea; and if he will compare that backlog with the figures released in the Health and Safety Report 2022 published by Offshore Energies UK.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which duty holders in the North Sea oil and gas industry participate in the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to duty holders in the North Sea oil and gas industry are their legal obligations to train (a) staff and (b) contractors to comply with the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
Kevin Hollinrake: The Government is clear that anyone entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should receive it. In 2020, the government legislated to ensure that seafarers who are working in the UK territorial sea are entitled to be paid the minimum wage, regardless of where they ordinarily work or where their ship is registered.
