Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many disposable coffee cups were purchased by his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The information requested is not held centrally, and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not own any vehicles.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of her Department cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical.
The Government will set out the content of the Bill and its implications in due course.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to revise his Department's position on the European Commission's Green Paper on safety of tourism accommodation services to take account of the recent coroner's report on the death of Christi and Bobby Shepherd.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd were a horrific tragedy and our deepest condolences remain with their parents. The safety of tourists at home and abroad is an absolute priority and we will continue to keep the area under review.
The Government is currently examining the Coroner’s recommendations from the inquest into the children’s deaths and will respond in due course.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings the Prime Minister has had with his European counterparts on the Green Paper on Safety and Tourism Accommodation Services COM (2014) 464.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The DCMS is responsible for the safety of tourism accommodation. The Government responded to the Commission's Green Paper consultation on theSafety of Tourism Accommodation Services which closed on 30 November 2014. Since I was appointed Tourism Minister in May 2015, I have met ABTA to discuss accommodation safety. I also raised this issue when I met my Greek counterpart on 4 Novemberand I will also be writing to the rest of my EU counterparts to raise awareness of the issue.