Ruth Jones MP: written questions
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Lethal Dose 50 test on animals.
Answer: The UK continues to lead the way in seeking the international adoption of improved test methods that replace, reduce or refine the use of animals in scientific procedures.Some authorised medicines in the UK include quality control tests which require the ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the US Food and Drug Administration's publication entitled Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing i
Answer: It is not yet possible to replace all animal use due to the complexity of biological systems and regulatory requirements for their use. The Government has reviewed the FDA roadmap and is engaging with the MHRA on how to accelerate the science-led adoption...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) regulatory alignment with the European Union on chemicals regulation and (b) seeking associate membership of the Europe
Answer: This Government will work to improve the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the EU across a range of areas. It is too early to discuss scope or specific areas in any greater detail.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the development of new padel facilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sport England provides long term investment to the Lawn Tennis Association, the Natio...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme will provide funding for (a) tennis and (b) padel facilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sport England provides long term investment to the Lawn Tennis Association, the Natio...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to provide funding for (a) tennis and (b) padel facilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sport England provides long term investment to the Lawn Tennis Association, the Natio...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that (a) Newport West and Islwyn, (b) Welsh communities and (c) Britain has access to (i) affordable and (ii) covered tennis and padel facilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sport England provides long term investment to the Lawn Tennis Association, the Natio...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made any recent representations to Nigeria on the security situation for Christians in northern Nigeria.
Answer: The UK Government regularly advocates for the protections of all vulnerable communities, including religious minorities, through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora as well as raising Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) directly with t...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordShellfish: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the Animal Welfare Committee will start work on its project on the welfare of decapod crustaceans in the supply chain.
Answer: A project on the “welfare of decapod crustaceans across the supply chain in the UK” is included in the Animal Welfare Committee work plan (available on the AWC website).
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to ban deliberate breeding of domestic cats with any non-domestic felid species.
Answer: The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 7.3 : Experimental procedures by species of animal: regulatory use by origin of legislative requirement, Great Britain 2014 to 2023 of her Department’s Statistics of scientific
Answer: With reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain 2023, Table 7.3, the 12 procedures carried out on beagles were to satisfy legislative requirements on the testing of medicinal products for human use.
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: SurveysCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43205More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the potential merits of consulting (a) patients, (b) carers, (c) academics, (d) clinicians and (e) devolved Administrations on the design
Answer: No. The design of surveys is the responsibility of the ONS which is operationally independent and accountable to Parliament.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: SurveysCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43203More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Office for National Statistics on designing a standard set of long covid survey questions.
Answer: No. The design of surveys is the responsibility of the ONS which is operationally independent and accountable to Parliament.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: SurveysCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43202More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the Office for National Statistics was of (a) designing, (b) building and (c) running the winter covid infection survey in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 1st April is attached.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine which countries are monitored for violations of freedom of religion or belief.
Answer: The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. We are championing the right to FoRB and promoting tolerance and...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSemiconductorsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the expected (a) timescale, (b) operating budget and (c) scale of the proposed National Semiconductor Institute are.
Answer: This government recognises the strategic importance of semiconductors as a critical technology for the future of the UK and a significant enabler of the government’s growth and clean energy missions. The Department recognises a number of challenges to gro...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSemiconductors: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help increase levels of innovation in the semiconductor industry in south Wales.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is actively driving innovation in South Wales' semiconductor industry through strategic investments, collaborative research funding, and robust international partnerships. Recent initiatives include Vi...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on fostering interfaith tolerance in Myanmar in light of the recent military attacks on churches, monasteries, and oth
Answer: The UK supports the protection of all religious minority groups in Myanmar. We consistently raise concerns about the discrimination of religious minorities and their places of worship in international fora, including co-sponsoring a UN Human Rights Counci...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLithium-ion Batteries: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a nationwide kerbside collection for lithium-ion batteries and small Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. We have convened a Circular Economy Taskforce to help us develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England. The Strategy will be supported by a series of roadmaps detailing the interventio...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMetals: Carbon EmissionsTreasuryTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39564More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of differentiating the emissions associated between pre- and post-consumer scrap metal in the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Answer: As set out in our response to the consultation on the introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), imported scrap products within the aluminum and iron & steel sectors will not be within scope of the CBAM, upon introduction from 1 Janu...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting minimum recycled content requirements for (a) new infrastructure projects and (b) finished steels.
Answer: The Government works with the Green Construction Board, part of the Construction Leadership Council, to reduce levels of waste within the industry, increase recycling, and support the transition to a circular economy. The Green Construction Board publishe...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMetalsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the amount of scrap metal produced in the UK, (b) the maximum demand for scrap metal that can be used in the UK and (c) the impact that a ban on scrap metal
Answer: My department funded a Warwick University report entitled ‘Domestic Scrap Steel Recycling – Economic, Environmental and Social Opportunities’, published February 2021, which shows that UK produces around 11.3mn tonnes of steel scrap and 1.1mn tonnes of al...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: ViolenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the call for investigations into the recent violence in Latakia, Syria, on religious communit
Answer: We welcome the interim authorities' establishment of a fact-finding committee to investigate and prosecute individuals who committed crimes during the violence. We are in regular discussion with our UN and NGO partners, as well as with other international...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: Health and SafetyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24202 on Lead: Health and Safety, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the work undertaken by the Envir
Answer: Records show that the Environment Agency has spent approximately £425,000 on salary costs (including wages and direct overheads) for this work. This excludes wider organisational overheads (such as building maintenance and energy costs) and the Health and...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLead: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24202 on Lead: Health and Safety, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the assessment of lead ammunition restrictio
Answer: For the period 1 March 2021 to 15 March 2025, HSE’s full economic cost estimate is £700,000. This includes the costs of both HSE and independent scientific experts engaged in this work but excludes work undertaken by the Environment Agency.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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