Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are working on matters relating to common sense at the instruction of the Minister without portfolio within the Cabinet Office.

Answered by John Glen - Shadow Paymaster General

The Minister’s official role is the Minister without Portfolio, a role which has a large scope across government. The Minister supports the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to identify where our public sector delivery is inhibited by bureaucracy and inefficiencies. The Minister’s overarching aim is to ensure efficiency and value for money for the taxpayer.

Further information on the Minister without Portfolio’s role can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/people/esther-mcvey.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 64 of the Migration Advisory Committee's report entitled, Rapid Review of the Graduate Route, published on 14 May 2024, if she will take steps to implement the recommendation on requiring universities to publish data on (a) their spend on recruitment agents and (b) the number of international students recruited through such agents.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

The Migration Advisory Committee's review’s findings are currently being considered very closely. The Government will respond to the MAC’s recommendations in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 64 of the Migration Advisory Committee's report entitled, Rapid Review of the Graduate Route, published on 14 May 2024, if she will take steps to implement the recommendation on establishing a mandatory registration system for international recruitment agents and subagents.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

The Migration Advisory Committee's review’s findings are currently being considered very closely. The Government will respond to the MAC’s recommendations in due course.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make quaternary water treatment mandatory for sewage plants serving large populations.

Answered by Robbie Moore - Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Defra currently has no plans to make it mandatory for sewage plants to implement quaternary water treatment proposals. If changes are deemed necessary, these will be undertaken through usual consultation routes to assess the costs and benefits of making these changes.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides on whether Heathrow Airport is legally required to support (a) noise abatement schemes, (b) sound insulation and (c) double glazing for properties affected by aircraft noise from that airport.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Heathrow Airport is a designated aerodrome under Section 78 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, for the purpose of limiting, or of mitigating the effect of, noise and vibration connected with the taking-off or landing of aircraft. Noise abatement procedures for Heathrow Airport, specified by the Secretary of State, are set out in the airport’s Aeronautical Information Publication.

Existing policy on noise insulation, which would incorporate sound insulation and double glazing, is set out in the Aviation Policy Framework 2013 and in the 2017 Airspace policy consultation response.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the transition from housing benefit to Universal Credit; and what steps she is taking to reduce (a) hardship, (b) debt and (c) eviction risks for households using housing benefit.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The DWP started sending Migration Notices to Housing Benefit only customers from 17 July 2024 and is committed to ensuring that the transition to Universal Credit works as smoothly as possible for all individuals.

DWP has processes in place within Universal Credit to help reduce hardship, debt and risk of eviction. For example, people who receive Housing Benefit and then claim Universal Credit will receive a two-week run on of their housing payment while they transition to Universal Credit Housing Payment. Universal Credit customers who require support to adapt to Universal Credit can also have their housing costs paid directly to landlords through an Alternative Payment Arrangement.

Consumer water bills

Restoration of Hammersmith Bridge

Third runway at Heathrow

Jools' Law petition

Withdrawal of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024

All England Lawn Tennis Club proposal to develop Wimbledon Park

UK arms exports to Israel

Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap

Peace in Israel and Gaza

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Found: Glenrothes ) Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru, Ceredigion ) Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative, Newton Abbot ) Sarah

Found: Glenrothes ) Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru, Ceredigion ) Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative, Newton Abbot ) Sarah

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Found: Question 77 : Sarah Olney asked about the £31k salary visa threshold for foreign workers .

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