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Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (28 Nov 2024)
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and a very happy birthday to the Clerk of the House. As we have heard time and again today, and in the past few weeks, the Government’s jobs tax could cost £2.8 billion to the Department’s sectors—to the arts, sport, music, hospitality and tourism. Was the Secretary of State blindsided by the Budget, as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural...
Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (28 Nov 2024)
So it sounds like the right hon. Lady did know, which is interesting, given that she cares about charities as much as I do. They face a £1.4 billion bill. When they needed help the most, we gave them £100 million. Her Government are now going to take 14 times that amount back from them. We heard yesterday that the Teenage Cancer Trust will have to find an extra £300,000, and Marie Curie...
House of Commons Debate - National Youth Strategy (12 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. Let me begin by saying that the Opposition really do welcome any focus that the Government are putting on young people. I recall from my time in the Department that spending time in the youth sector provided some of the most inspiring moments of my time as a Minister. In government, we had a proud record of listening to young...
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services: Children (11 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase investment into the children's mental health system to (a) reduce waiting times for and (b) increase access to support.
Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (11 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will continue to support the continuation of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme which is due to expire in March 2025.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Motorway Service Areas: Greater London ( 8 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend the lease on the Motorway Service Area at Watford Gap.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Motorway Service Areas: Greater London ( 8 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to resolve the status of lease renewals of Motorway Service Areas.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Motorway Service Areas: Greater London ( 8 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Motorway Service Area operators on the renewal of leases for those areas.
Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Gambling: Economic Situation ( 7 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of the betting and gaming industry to the UK economy.
Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Gambling: Taxation ( 5 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing gambling taxes on employment in (a) high street bookmakers, (b) high street adult gaming centres and (c) bingo halls.
Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Gambling: Taxation ( 5 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase in machine gaming duty on bingo halls.
Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Gambling: Taxation ( 5 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in machine gaming duty on high streets.
Budget: Implications for Farming Communities ( 4 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: In the Minister’s opening answer, we sadly heard more Government slogans and soundbites than real understanding of the fear that Daventry farmers have been telling me about. I can assure him that they have been looking at the detail in great detail. One of them, whose father is sadly coming to the end of his life, is now actively looking to sell off land because they simply cannot make the...
Education: Topical Questions ( 4 Nov 2024)
Stuart Andrew: Thank you, Mr Speaker. It has been a while since I have spoken! Those at Buckton Fields school in my constituency were delighted when they had a newly constructed building, but that delight was sadly short-lived, as there were defects. As a consequence, with interim arrangements, the school’s roll has gone up and down, and now it has a £45,000 shortfall in its budget. Will the Minister...
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services: Children and Young People (28 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Mental Health Bill will (a) protect and (b) enhance the rights of (i) children and (ii) young people who are (A) detained in and (B) admitted informally to mental health hospitals.
Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance (25 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations in Loan Charge Resolution’s letter to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, dated 7th August 2024.
Written Answers — Department for Education: Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services (25 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to embed a Whole Education Approach to mental health and wellbeing in all education settings.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services: Children (23 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase investment into the children's mental health system to (a) reduce waiting times for and (b) increase access to support.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Roads: Repairs and Maintenance (21 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department plans to provide for road infrastructure in each of the next three financial years.
Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance (16 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suicides of people facing the Loan Charge HMRC has referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.
Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions (16 Oct 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) promoters and (b) operators of schemes now subject to the Loan Charge have been prosecuted.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Retail Trade: Empty Property (18 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of 2 September 2024 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Official Report, Column 3, if she will publish a timetable for implementing high street rental auctions.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Social Services: Finance (17 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Local Government Finance Settlement will contain measures to reform adult social care funding.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Local Government Finance (17 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to redistribute assets and wealth between different (a) local authorities, (b) communities and (c) local government through the Local Government Finance Settlement.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Local Government Finance (17 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to change the local government funding formula in the upcoming Local Government Finance Settlement; and whether she plans to consult on (a) technical changes and (b) data sources before publication.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Hospitality Industry: Smoking (16 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to facilitate (a) restaurants and (b) pubs to offer outdoor smoking facilities since 2010.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Smoking: Hospitality Industry (13 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out impact assessments of the Government’s plans to ban (a) smoking and (b) vaping (i) in pub gardens, (ii) at outdoor restaurant tables, (iii) at outdoor shisha bar seating and (iv) in outdoor nightclubs.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Smoking: Hospitality Industry (13 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposals to ban outdoor smoking and vaping in and by pubs on the number of pub closures.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Smoking: Hospitality Industry (13 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the Government’s plans to ban (a) smoking and (b) vaping across university campuses.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Smoking: Hospitality Industry (13 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to consult on banning smoking and vaping outside pubs, nightclubs and restaurants; and whether he has a planned timetable for the proposed ban.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Smoking: Hospitality Industry (13 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of banning smoking and vaping outside pubs, restaurants and nightclubs on the (a) night-time economy and (b) viability of local high streets.
Written Answers — Treasury: Hospitality Industry: Business Rates (12 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what business rate reliefs will be available in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 to (i) pubs, (ii) restaurants and (iii) nightclubs; and what the thresholds and eligibility requirements are for each.
Written Answers — Treasury: Public Houses: Business Rates (12 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency takes account of the (a) presence and (b) size of a pub garden when valuing a pub for business rates; and whether the size of the garden is recorded by Agency.
Written Answers — Treasury: Hospitality Industry: Business Rates (12 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information the Valuation Office Agency holds on the number of hereditaments there are with the (a) 227 Public Houses/Pub Restaurants (Inc. Lodge) (National Scheme), (b) 226 Public Houses/Pub Restaurants (National Scheme), (c) 234 Restaurants, (d) 238 Roadside Restaurants (National Scheme), (e) 409 Cafes, (f) 500 Cafes/Restaurants Within/Part of...
Written Answers — Treasury: Hospitality Industry: Business Rates (12 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average rateable value was for hereditaments with the (a) 227 Public Houses/Pub Restaurants (Inc. Lodge) (National Scheme), (b) 226 Public Houses/Pub Restaurants (National Scheme), (c) 234 Restaurants, (d) 238 Roadside Restaurants (National Scheme), (e) 409 Cafes, (f) 500 Cafes/Restaurants Within/Part of Specialist Property, (g) 060 Clubhouses,...
Written Answers — Treasury: Hospitality Industry: Business Rates (12 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average business rates charge was for hereditaments with the (a) 227 Public Houses/Pub Restaurants (Inc. Lodge) (National Scheme), (b) 226 Public Houses/Pub Restaurants (National Scheme), (c) 234 Restaurants, (d) 238 Roadside Restaurants (National Scheme), (e) 409 Cafes, (f) 500 Cafes/Restaurants Within/Part of Specialist Property, (g) 060...
Written Answers — Treasury: Shisha Bars (12 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what Special Category code the Valuation Office Agency classifies shisha bars; and how many shisha bars there are in each local authority in England.
Winter Fuel Payment (10 Sep 2024)
Stuart Andrew: claimed to move the closure ( Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put. Question agreed to. Main question put accordingly.