Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is planning to require mandatory environmental reporting by UK financial institutions in line with the framework developed by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Government has endorsed the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and encouraged all publicly-listed companies to implement them.
We sought views on companies’ ability to apply these recommendations with consistency through the work of the Green Finance Taskforce and the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting Consultation. The Green Finance Taskforce published its report in March and we will respond in due course.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to seek Associated Country status for the UK for the EU's Framework Programme 9.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
We want to ensure that the next EU framework programme for research and development (FP9) remains focused on excellence, with appropriate financial contributions and suitable level of influence for Associated Countries. We have set out further detail in our recent FP9 position paper and sought to assure the EU of our commitment to ongoing collaboration in Science and Innovation. The UK’s participation in FP9 will depend upon the outcome of our negotiations with the EU.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will be able to confirm the fee and loan status of EU undergraduate applicants for the 2019-20 academic year in time to enable universities to meet their consumer and marketing requirements in summer 2018.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Applications for courses starting in 2019/20 do not open until September 2018, and we will ensure EU students starting courses in that academic year have information well in advance of this date.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government plans to publish the (a) fee and (b) loan status of EU undergraduate students commencing courses at English higher education providers in the 2019-20 academic year.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Applications for courses starting in 2019/20 do not open until September 2018, and we will ensure EU students starting courses in that academic year have information well in advance of this date.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to underwrite competitive grant awards made during the transition period by the European Commission to UK organisations including universities participating in Horizon 2020.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Subject to an overall withdrawal agreement being reached with the EU, UK people and organisations will be able to bid for grant funding, participate in and lead consortia in Horizon 2020 and other EU programmes during the implementation period. They will continue to participate in programme projects until their final closure. This includes the tail of Horizon 2020 projects that continue beyond 2020.
If no overall agreement is reached, the UK government will guarantee the payment of awards where UK people and organisations successfully bid directly to the European Commission on a competitive basis for EU funding projects while the UK remains an EU member. This will include Horizon 2020 projects.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to bring forward legislation to reform the law relating to marital contracts.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Government is carefully considering the Law Commission’s proposals for qualifying nuptial agreements in the context of broader work on private family law.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to hold discussions with his EU counterparts on the potential inclusion of companies and significant people who are involved in the construction of the bridge from Russia to Ukraine on the Russia sanctions list.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The UK continues to strongly condemn Russia's ongoing violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The EU has agreed a robust sanctions package against Russia, including specific measures targeting those responsible for infrastructure projects linking Crimea to Russia.Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to undertake consumer information campaigns in preparation for the introduction of the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has no plans to undertake consumer facing information campaigns in preparation for the introduction of the revised Tobacco Products Directive’s (TPD) requirements.
The TPD introduces a number of new product, labelling and reporting requirements for businesses supplying tobacco products, herbal products and e-cigarettes. The Department has and will continue to engage with businesses to make them aware of the new requirement and has recently held training sessions on the new legislation for enforcement officers. The Department will work alongside enforcement officers to build compliance over the transition period set out in the Regulations.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reductions in the number of people who use Stop Smoking Services in the last five years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Although no formal assessment has been made of the reduction in the number of people accessing Local Stop Smoking Services in the last five years, Public Health England has been working with local areas, practitioners and experts in the field to better understand the reasons for the reduction in the number of people accessing services and consider how best to continue to help people stop smoking.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on Action 36 of the UK Anti-Corruption plan, published in December 2014, relating to corporate criminal liability.
Answered by Mike Penning
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Gower on 28th September 2015, which can be found at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-09/9735/