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Source Page: UK Emissions Trading Scheme scope expansion: wasteFound: , the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural
May. 23 2024
Source Page: UK Emissions Trading Scheme scope expansion: wasteFound: Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural
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Source Page: Integrating greenhouse gas removals in the UK Emissions Trading SchemeFound: , the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural
Mentions:
1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) programmes and structural funds have had on communities in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency and across rural - Speech Link
2: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) The UK is now the fourth-largest exporter of goods and services globally, moving up from seventh place - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I thank the public servants who knew that pay rises needed to be sustainable and kept services going. - Speech Link
2: Charles Walker (Con - Broxbourne) working tirelessly with fantastic officials and Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) We Conservatives will always take care of our rural areas and protect the green belt. - Speech Link
4: Conor Burns (Con - Bournemouth West) He was reported to social services and the police, but little action was taken. - Speech Link
5: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) connect families to each other and people to business, and connect to more investment and even to public services - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) , which is the second largest spectator sport and a major economic contributor, and not just to the rural - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) I know that colleagues in Sport England and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) What discussions has the Minister had with colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) I know that the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Where the commissioners are able to, we also seek to go further— for example, through the use of rural - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) extra cash for new patients they see, introducing golden hellos and deploying dental vans to isolated rural - Speech Link
2: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) Friend on the opening of those services. - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) Waiting lists, dental services, mental health services, clinical trials, workforce morale, cancer care - Speech Link
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours the Automatic Licence Verification System at the Sevington Border Control Point has been out of operation for since 30 April 2024.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
A power outage at a privately owned data centre that Defra uses affected several Defra digital services last weekend. One of the services impacted was the Automatic Licence Verification System, which is used to validate and exchange information with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
This service was not available between 07:46 11 May and 20:50 14 May. This amounts to 85 hours and 4 minutes. Business Continuity Plans were implemented as soon as the disruption to the service was identified.
There have been no significant delays to border checks and we continue to protect our high standards of biosecurity in the UK through effective monitoring across all imports.
We have contingency arrangements in place for clearance of affected vehicles and consignments at the border, working alongside HMRC and Border Force.
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to help ensure free access to cash (a) withdrawal and (b) deposit facilities in Wellingborough constituency.
Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
In recognition that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those in vulnerable circumstances, the government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. As part of this responsibility, the FCA must also seek to ensure that there is reasonable provision of free withdrawal and deposit facilities in relation to personal current accounts.
Following this legislation, the government published a Cash Access Policy Statement. This set out that the vast majority of people should be no further than 1 mile from access to cash deposit and withdrawal services in predominately urban areas, and no further than 3 miles in predominately rural areas. The FCA is required to have regard to this statement when exercising its access to cash powers.
The FCA recently held a consultation on its proposed regulatory approach: FCA Access to Cash Consultation. The FCA is currently considering feedback and expects to publish its final rules in the third quarter of this year.
Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: to disproportionate levels of air pollution and obesogenic environments, Black communities in both rural