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Anne-Marie Trevelyan: ...held by the Mandatory Provident Fund in Hong Kong. The root of the problem is the Chinese Government's decision not to recognise the BN(O) passport as a valid identity document in Hong Kong. The UK firmly opposes the discrimination of BN(O)s in this way. We have urged the Hong Kong authorities to facilitate the early drawdown of funds as is the case for other Hong Kong residents who move...
Baroness Neville-Rolfe: ...is using the current period of engagement to listen and gather views through a series of thematic in-person and virtual workshops with the UK’s major supermarkets, logistics and transport firms, and with Business Representative Organisations, to further explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed. We will...
Baroness Neville-Rolfe: ...is using the current period of engagement to listen and gather views through a series of thematic in-person and virtual workshops with the UK’s major supermarkets, logistics and transport firms, and with Business Representative Organisations, to further explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed. We will...
Dan Carden: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will begin to record information on the reasons for the granting of warrants to allow energy firms to force entry into people's homes.
Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to prevent the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
Andrew Griffith: ...continues to support numerous fraud-prevention initiatives, including the Payments Systems Regulator’s work to enhance information sharing between payment providers. Information sharing between firms plays a key role in identifying scammers and preventing scams. As noted in the Home Office’s recent Fraud Strategy, the Government, regulators and industry are working together to identify...
Andrew Griffith: ...Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England, which is independent of Government. Where mortgage holders do fall into financial difficulty, Financial Conduct Authority guidance requires firms to offer tailored support. This could include a range of measures depending on individual circumstances. The Government has also taken a number of measures aimed at helping people to...
Andrew Griffith: ...access to these products. In developing this approach, the Government consulted extensively with consumer groups and industry stakeholders to understand the impact of its proposals on consumers and firms. A further consultation on the draft secondary legislation that will bring BNPL into regulation closed on 11 April. The Government is now carefully considering stakeholder feedback and...
Nusrat Ghani: ...prices. The British Industry Supercharger aims to remove policy costs to reduce the long-term industrial electricity price gap between the UK and competitor countries. Proposals will exempt firms from costs arising from renewable energy obligations and GB Capacity Market costs. It will also offer support with network charges, for which an amendment has been introduced to the Energy Bill....
Robert Jenrick: I recognise the important work of the APPG for Safeguarding in Faith Communities and I responded to your 17 April letter on 12 May. The Government remains firmly committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, and the Inquiry’s final report marks an important milestone in that regard. We have been working across government to carefully consider the Inquiry’s final recommendations....
David Rutley: The UK firmly supports the right of civil society to operate freely in all countries, including Venezuela. Recent years have seen a worrying deterioration of the human rights situation in Venezuela, where the Maduro regime has used force against peaceful protesters, stifled media freedom, carried out arbitrary detentions and harassed journalists and human rights defenders.â¯The UK is closely...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Sports policy is a devolved matter, and the allocation of funding for stadia is a matter for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. It remains the UK Government’s firm view that the right people to make these decisions are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly.
the Earl of Minto: The Competition and Markets Authority monitors firms suspected of profiteering to challenge unjustifiable price increases and takes enforcement action where there is evidence that competition or consumer protection law has been broken. The Government continues to monitor the operation of consumer markets and keeps all options under review to ensure good value and service for consumers.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan: ...seeking early withdrawal of their pension held by the Mandatory Provident Fund in Hong Kong. The root of the problem is the Chinese Government's decision not to recognise the BN(O) passport. The UK firmly opposes the discrimination of BN(O)s in this way. We have urged the Hong Kong authorities to facilitate the early drawdown of funds as is the case for other Hong Kong residents who move...
Steven Baker: ...course. Guarantees of equality and rights, which recognise the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland, are a fundamental part of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, to which the Government is firmly committed.
Sarah Dines: ...and may be able to support in situations where victims wish to sever contracts for services to which their abusers are a party. The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan also calls for more financial sector firms to sign up to the Financial Abuse Code to act to prevent economic abuse and help deliver the best possible outcomes for victims and survivors. In January 2023, The Fairness Group published...
Alison Thewliss: ...reason the Government does not publish the names of people who have lodged legal appeals against UK Government-imposed sanctions; and for what reason the Government does not publish whether law firms based in the UK are providing legal assistance to those individuals.
Chris Heaton-Harris: Northern Ireland deserves locally elected and accountable devolved Government. I share the frustration of the people of Northern Ireland that the institutions are not up and running, and firmly believe that working devolved government is the surest way of strengthening the Union. I also believe that successful local governance in Northern Ireland has always depended on sufficient consensus....
Rebecca Long-Bailey: ...his Department has made of the potential impact of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (2012) on the (a) availability, (b) effectiveness and (c) durability of legal aid firms providing housing advice services.
Stuart Andrew: .... This is supported by a three-year investment of over £500 million in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending with a firm focus on levelling up. Young people in York will benefit from elements of the National Youth Guarantee, for example, a year-round National Citizen Service programme; increased access to the...
