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Written questions by Gardiner.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Barry Gardiner this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (128)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (77)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (13)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (10)Treasury (6)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (4)Department of Health and Social Care (4)Department for Business and Trade (3)Department for Transport (3)Ministry of Justice (3)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (2)Department for Education (2)Department for Work and Pensions (1)

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5 Dec 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle delays in approvals for Gateway (a) 2 and (b) 3 submissions to the Building Safety Regulator.

Reply

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is an independent regulator, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is not involved in operational decisions, does not hold information on ongoing cases with the BSR, and cannot comment on an indi...

5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What steps his Department is taking to use (a) robots and (b) AI to help support training on innovative surgical techniques.

Reply

The Department and NHS England support the development and use of innovative surgical approaches across the system, where clinically appropriate. Use of such innovative approaches can drive efficiency and improve patient outcomes, but should and will be d...

5 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

If he will visit the Griffin Institute at Northwick Park Hospital in Brent West constituency.

Reply

Ministers regularly consider visits across the country to see the impact of their policy areas. Any plans to visit specific locations will be notified to the relevant Members of Parliament in advance.

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a an assessment of the effectiveness of the distribution of quota between (a) foreign and (b) domestic-owned trawlers under ten metres in the UK inshore fleet.

Reply

The Secretary of State determination of fishing opportunities for British fishing boats sets UK fishing quotas. This quota is only allocated to British-registered and licensed vessels. These vessels must comply with the economic link licence condition. Th...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the opening positions for each Total Allowable Catch in the (a) EU/UK bilateral and (b) EU/UK/Norway trilateral negotiations.

Reply

Due to the nature of the negotiations, it is not appropriate to publicly disclose negotiating documents detailing the UK’s opening positions. Our bilateral negotiations with the EU and our trilateral negotiations with the EU and Norway have both concluded...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, how many vessels are taking part in the early adopter phase of the remote electronic monitoring rollout by having cameras installed; and what steps he is taking to increase the number

Reply

There is one early adopter vessel volunteering to take part in the first fishery, over-24 metre pelagic trawlers in all English waters. Further vessels will be recruited for implementation in other fisheries.

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish measures for the remaining offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) under stage (a) 3 and (b) 4 of the Marine Management Organisation's offshore MPA process.

Reply

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Rotherham, on 16 September 2024, PQ 4529: It is essential to manage bottom trawling in our Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) appropriately due to the significant damage it can have on protect...

3 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) take steps to review the operation of the landing obligation and (b) publish the number of enforcement actions taken against vessels that have failed to comply with the

Reply

This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only a) Defra has been reviewing the operation of the landing obligation as part of wider reforms to discards management in England. In 2025, these reforms will include tr...

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