Seamus Logan MP: written questions
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Written questions
Trade Agreements: NHSDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Trade Act 2021 to prevent future international trade agreements from including provisions re
Answer: Section 2(5) of the Trade Act already ensures that international trade agreements, within the scope of the Act, cannot include provisions which are inconsistent with maintaining a UK publicly funded healthcare service.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will reply to correspondence sent from the Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East on pensioner poverty of (a) 25 November 2024 and (b) 14 January 2025.
Answer: I replied to the Hon.Member on 6 March. I apologise for the delay.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he will reply to correspondence from the Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East on climate change emissions of (a) 11 October 2024, (b) 25 November 2024 and (c) 14 January 2025.
Answer: I wrote to the Hon. Member on 21 February, in response to the Hon. Member’s correspondence about how the Government plans to deliver emission cuts, generate jobs, lower energy bills and restore nature. In that response I apologised for the delay in replyi...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the potential inclusion of US (a) beef and (b) chicken products being included in a trade deal with the US.
Answer: The UK and US have a strong economic relationship which is fair, balanced and reciprocal. We have $1.5 trillion invested in each other’s economies and over 2.5 million jobs across both countries. The Prime Minister and President Trump agreed to deepen thi...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has (a) made an assessment and (b) commissioned analysis of the potential impact of a trade deal with the US on agriculture.
Answer: The UK and US have a strong economic relationship which is fair, balanced and reciprocal. We have $1.5 trillion invested in each other’s economies and over 2.5 million jobs across both countries. The Prime Minister and President Trump agreed that we shoul...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has (a) made an assessment and (b) commissioned analysis of the potential impact of a trade deal with the US on the NHS.
Answer: In their meeting on 27 February, the Prime Minister and President Trump agreed to work together on a trade deal focused on tech. The government is clear that we will only ever sign trade agreements that align with the UK's national interests. The NHS will...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of a free trade agreement with the US on the NHS.
Answer: The Department is considering the impact of a potential trade deal between the United Kingdom and the United States. As my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, said last week, “we’re clear the NHS is not on the table. It’s n...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 19 December 2024 on Hospice Funding, Official Report, column 451, what the level of the Barnet consequentials will be for each of the devolved Administration
Answer: The Barnett formula applies to all increases or decreases to the Government’s departmental expenditure limits. As this £100 million in capital funding for adult and children’s hospices is being re-allocated from within existing budgets, there will be no a...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture, Usage and Storage: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) carbon capture, usage and storage projects and (b) track two processes.
Answer: This Government is committed to the delivery of CCUS, as demonstrated by our record investment of £21.7 billion in October and the signing of contracts to launch the first CCUS projects in the UK in December. CCUS requires significant resources, and it is...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: LandfillDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the landfill gas to energy sector.
Answer: Government recognises the benefits that Landfill Gas to Energy can offer, both as a form of baseload generation, and to capture and make use of methane in order to support our net zero goals. Government is aware that support under the Renewables Obligatio...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to employer's National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on bed provision in the private adult social care sect
Answer: We work collaboratively with the devolved governments to drive forward our objective of supporting people to lead more independent, healthier lives for longer. While health and social care are predominantly devolved, working together across the United Kin...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to employer's National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on costs to the private adult social care sector in (a
Answer: We work collaboratively with the devolved governments to drive forward our objective of supporting people to lead more independent, healthier lives for longer. While health and social care are predominantly devolved, working together across the United Kin...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22496More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 October 2024 from the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, reference number MC2024/14787.
Answer: A response has been sent to the Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East regarding his correspondence of 18 October 2024 about VAT on private school fees.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) the scope and (b) her planned timeline is for the upcoming review into Universal Credit; whether this review will make an assessment of whether Universal Credit enables claimants to afford esse
Answer: The Government is committed to reviewing Universal Credit to make sure it is doing the job we want it to, to make work pay and tackle poverty. We have already begun this work with the announcement of the Fair Repayment Rate in the Budget, giving 1.2 milli...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing a protected minimum floor for Universal Credit and (b) limiting the benefit cap so it cannot reduce the Standard Allowance b
Answer: No such assessment has been made. As part of the Universal Credit (UC) review, at the Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced the Fair Repayment Rate will be introduced from April 2025, reducing the UC deductions overall cap from 25% to 15%. This measure w...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent process to set benefit levels according to the cost of essential goods and services.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review benefit and State Pension rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general lev...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWhisky: ScotlandScotland OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to alcohol duties on Scotch whisky at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the Government’s plans for Brand Scotland.
Answer: I am proud to champion Scotland’s products and services, including whisky, globally through Brand Scotland. I have just returned from a visit to South East Asia where I was pleased to support the Scotch Whisky industry at a range of meetings with industry...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood InquiryCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12872More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) respond to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry and (b) involve people affected by infected blood.
Answer: The Government is working closely with DHSC and other relevant departments and organisations to give the recommendations full consideration. We will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making to respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations ...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to take steps to reduce the discrepancies in the UK’s health spending relative to other countries in North West Europe.
Answer: The Government is committed to properly funding the National Health Service. However, money alone will not be enough, and it must come with reform. As Lord Darzi’s report sets out, health system models in other countries where user charges, like social or...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSeafood: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the European Union Entry/Exit System on seafood exports.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of seafood exports to the economies of many coastal communities around the United Kingdom. We will tackle trade barriers through seeking to negotiate a veterinary/SPS agreement. We will continue to work closely wit...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSeafood: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has requested special arrangements for seafood consignments leaving the UK as part of the European Union Entry/Exit System.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of seafood exports to the economies of many coastal communities around the United Kingdom. We will tackle trade barriers through seeking to negotiate a veterinary/SPS agreement. We will continue to work closely wit...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFarmers: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure continuity of Government support for farmers through a multi-annual ring-fenced funding commitment; and how much financial support will be alloc
Answer: The farming budget beyond this year will be part of the Government’s spending review. This Government recognises that food security is national security. We said we would provide stability for farmers and we are delivering on this commitment and have conf...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
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