Session 2015-16
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 June 2015
Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 18 June 2015
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 June 2015
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, from which countries representatives have been invited by the Government to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition at the ExCeL Centre in September 2015.
(2402)
2
N
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation priority markets are for 2015-16.
(2403)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
3
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died from influenza in each of the last five years.
(2807)
4
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1492, what the proportionate baseline is for the goal of reducing the proportion of UK adults who lack basic digital skills by 25 per cent by 2016; and until what year he plans to reduce that proportion by a further 25 per cent.
(2556)
5
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration the Government has given to continuing to use the matching system between the electoral register and Government databases that was used in the transition towards Individual Electoral Registration.
(2641)
6
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's productivity statistics.
(2547)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
7
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has paid to Fredrickson International for the provision of debt collection services by that company.
(2486)
8
Michael Fabricant
(Lichfield):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the balance of trade between the UK and the rest of the EU was (a) overall, (b) in visible goods and (c) in invisible goods in each of the last five years.
(2808)
9
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fiscal incentives in the UK for the redistribution of edible surplus food to people in need; and if he will make a statement.
(2504)
10
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers with more than two children currently receive child benefit in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Tameside local authority area and (c) Stockport local authority area.
(2786)
11
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on turning the Royal Bank of Scotland into a network of stakeholder banks held in trusts for the public benefit.
(2680)
12
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of (a) working families tax credits and (b) child tax credits paid to those earning below the living wage.
(2681)
13
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the fees payable to (a) law firms, (b) banks and (c) other advisers in relation to the sale of the Government's stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
(2682)
14
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 261, when he plans to make a statement to the House on progress made with the inquiry into tax avoidance.
(2683)
15
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 261, whether the inquiry into tax avoidance is receiving the cooperation of HSBC.
(2684)
16
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were made by businesses about the service provided by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2000.
(2713)
17
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission a cost benefit analysis of alternatives to selling the government stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
(2762)
18
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on public finances of selling the government stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
(2763)
19
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 196, what consideration he plans to give to the effect on the local economy of closing HM Revenue and Customs offices in South Yorkshire.
(2764)
20
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 261, when he plans next to update the House on progress with the inquiry into tax avoidance facilitated by HSBC.
(2766)
21
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 200, how many inspectors of each (a) grade and (b) job title HM Revenue and Customs employed in each year since 2010.
(2802)
22
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 196, whether Sheffield is being considered as a Regional Centre office.
(2803)
23
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 196, how many Regional Centres he plans to establish.
(2804)
24
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 196, whether he expects there to be job losses as a result of moving the HM Revenue and Customs workforce into Regional Centre offices.
(2805)
25
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 196, whether new Regional Centre offices will be grouped by specialism.
(2806)
26
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expected time taken will be for people to register for tax free childcare as a result of being required to send their children's birth certificate to HM Revenue and Customs.
(2608)
27
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met with representatives of the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Bank of England to discuss recommendations made by the Fair and Effective Markets Review.
(2686)
28
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responses the Government has made to the recommendations of the Fair and Effective Markets Review 2015.
(2794)
29
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fuel stations are located within the KW12 postcode area and claim relief through the fuel rebate scheme.
(2677)
30
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued to small businesses on adherence to VAT legislation.
(2674)
31
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people qualify for working tax credit in each constituency in North Wales.
(2647)
32
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 100 local authority wards are in North Wales with the highest number of people receiving tax credits.
(2648)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
33
Lyn Brown
(West Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the strategy set out in his Department's paper, Creating the conditions for integration, published on 21 February 2012, remains the strategy of his Department.
(2696)
34
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of homes sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England, (b) the East Midlands and (c) Ashfield constituency.
(2393)
35
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were bought in Ashfield constituency under the Right to Buy scheme in each of the last 10 years.
(2394)
36
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
(2548)
37
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided for adult learning in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Tameside local authority area and (c) Stockport local authority area in each year since 2010.
(2784)
38
N
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech on 14 May 2015, whether devolution of certain powers and resources to city-regions is contingent on cities accepting a mayoral model of governance.
(2488)
39
N
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1256, how much of the £230 million savings came from (a) receipts from public land, (b) reducing contingencies in capital budgets and (c) the European Regional Development Programme; and from which budgets and programmes contingency savings were made in (i) capital budgets and (ii) the European Regional Development Programme.
(2489)
40
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what impact assessment the Government has carried out on the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
(2676)
41
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless people in the UK in each year since May 2010; and what steps he is taking to prevent homelessness in the UK.
(2500)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
42
Mr Alistair Carmichael
(Orkney and Shetland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration the Government has given to the use of mobile repeaters to help extend mobile-coverage in rural and island areas.
(2795)
43
N
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to increase the maximum payout for complex category D gaming machines.
(2422)
44
N
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that bookmakers operate B2 and B3 gaming machines on an equal basis with amusement arcades.
(2581)
45
N
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries in Ashfield constituency do not have free wifi; and by what date he plans that all public libraries will have access to free wifi.
(2392)
46
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to require companies making unsolicited telephone calls to state their telephone numbers when they call.
(2772)
47
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on preventing unwanted and nuisance telephone calls.
(2773)
48
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on nuisance telephone calls.
(2776)
49
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
(2554)
50
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1710, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of internet advertising on network requirements over the current Parliament.
(2557)
51
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent young teenagers having access and becoming addicted to pornography.
(2697)
52
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with sensory loss have full access to subtitles and audio description whilst using on-demand content.
(2501)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
53
N
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which ship will replace HMS Bulwark in the Mediterranean; and when that ship will be replaced.
(2577)
54
N
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether engineers have recently been sent to fix evaporaters on HMS Bulwark.
(2578)
55
N
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Bulwark can produce adequate drinking water for its crew and the migrants aboard.
(2579)
56
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets have been assigned to Operation Kipion 2 in each of the last five years.
(2613)
57
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 23 frigates are harbour training ships; and what the name is of each such ship.
(2642)
58
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times an asset has been gapped in Operation Kipion 2 in each of the last five years.
(2643)
59
Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the asset assigned to Operation Kipion 2 is currently being gapped.
(2693)
60
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to strengthen the UK's relationship with the US in relation to defence operations and funding.
(2701)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
61
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the change in the number of teachers that will be required in each subject by 2020 as a result of making the Ebacc compulsory.
(2801)
62
N
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the discretionary powers of local authorities on school transport funding are used to reflect local needs.
(2582)
63
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1084, what notice was given by each academy that has closed since 2010.
(2758)
64
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified (a) science and (b) mathematics teachers there are on average per school in each constituency.
(2759)
65
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the retention of qualified (a) science and (b) mathematics teachers.
(2760)
66
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 845, which (a) schools and (b) other bodies will receive part of the £1.4 billion funding.
(2765)
67
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assurances she has received from Ofqual that (a) sample assessment materials for the new mathematics GCSE reflect the standard of live assessment materials and (b) schools will be told about changes before the next school term.
(2484)
68
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the number of teaching assistants employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency.
(2491)
69
N
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teaching assistants were employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency in each of the last five years.
(2492)
70
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits of home maintenance and improvement skills being taught in schools.
(2699)
71
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase opportunities for young people to undertake physical activity in the countryside.
(2700)
72
Cat Smith
(Lancaster and Fleetwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the accreditation process for GCSE Mathematics in ensuring appropriate standards.
(2639)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
73
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast her Department has made of (a) wholesale and (b) retail electricity prices in (i) 2020, (ii) 2025 and (iii) 2030 as an absolute value in pounds sterling.
(2750)
74
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of the carbon price floor and the expected reduction in capacity of coal-fired power plants on future household fuel costs.
(2751)
75
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has to apply the UK carbon price floor to electricity imported through interconnectors which is generated by overseas fossil fuel plants; and if she will make a statement.
(2752)
76
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations she has received from coal-fired power stations on the EU Industrial Emissions Directive.
(2754)
77
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast her Department has made of which UK coal-fired power stations will be in compliance with the EU Industrial Emissions Directive when it comes into force.
(2755)
78
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the unit cost of electricity from the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
(2768)
79
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with (a) the Office of Nuclear Regeneration, (b) EDF Energy and (c) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the current status of the Design Basis Threat for each UK nuclear installation.
(2769)
80
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of radiation protection regulations at nuclear power plants in the UK.
(2770)
81
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the cost of decommissioning and long-term radioactive waste management at the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
(2771)
82
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government plans to set a binding 2030 decarbonisation target during this Parliament.
(2382)
83
N
Mr Peter Lilley
(Hitchin and Harpenden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with the Environment Agency on post-abandonment monitoring of onshore shale gas wells; and what steps she plans to take to ensure a monitoring regime is in place.
(900406)
84
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen Ofgem's powers to enforce their rules regarding vulnerable customers.
(2688)
85
N
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many fuel-poor households there are for which her Department plans to fund insulation measures over the next five years.
(2416)
86
N
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to issue its request to local authorities to measure and report on their annual greenhouse gas emissions data.
(2417)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
87
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish reports into the social and economic effect of an East Coast storm surge.
(2599)
88
Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish the report into the effect of an East Coast storm surge on food supply.
(2600)
89
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what levels of air pollution were recorded in Greater Manchester in each of the last three years for which data is available.
(2783)
90
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the balance of trade in foodstuffs was in (a) the last year for which figures are available, (b) 2005 and (c) 1995.
(2414)
91
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many thefts of dogs occurred in the UK in each of the last five years.
(2706)
92
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of salmon caught in UK rivers in each of the last five years.
(2707)
93
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect bees from the effects of toxic pesticides.
(2614)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
94
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to prevent migrants attempting dangerously to cross the Mediterranean.
(2497)
95
N
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on securing financial contributions towards the cost of UK thalidomide survivors' health needs.
(2543)
96
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation and working conditions of foreign workers building 2022 World Cup stadia in Qatar; and what discussions he has had with his Qatari counterparts on that matter.
(2767)
97
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what value of wine from the Government's wine cellar was consumed by each government Department in (a) each quarter of 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to date.
(2785)
98
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the new Prime Minister of Nigeria on the situation of the Christian minority in the north of that country.
(2708)
99
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Iraq on protection of the Christian minority in that country.
(2709)
100
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Christians facing persecution in the Middle East.
(2798)
101
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed (a) Gaza and (b) Israeli settlements with his colleagues in the EU; and what the outcome of those discussions was on each such topic.
(2616)
102
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Israeli government on attempts to transfer Bedouin families from the South Hebron Hills to near Jericho.
(2618)
103
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken (a) unilaterally and (b) with EU colleagues to help to lift the blockade of Gaza and allow unrestricted access for humanitarian aid and reconstruction.
(2644)
104
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) UK and (b) EU policy of the recent report by the World Bank to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee which concluded that Gaza is on the verge of collapse.
(2694)
105
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on policy responses by the EU to the recent report by the World Bank to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee which concluded that Gaza is on the verge of collapse.
(2695)
106
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the right to freedom of religion or belief is upheld across the world; and if he will appoint an envoy for that purpose.
(2498)
107
Daniel Zeichner
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made to the Iraqi government on protecting the residents of Camp Liberty in Iraq from ISIL and Shia milita groups.
(2615)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
108
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London that deliver a full maternity service have 24 hours a day, seven days a week consultant presence on labour wards; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
(2397)
109
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England that have a Type 1 A&E department have consultant presence on emergency wards for a minimum of 16 hours a day, seven days a week; and which hospitals in each region meet those criteria.
(2398)
110
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England that deliver full maternity service have 24 hours a day, seven days a week consultant presence on labour wards; and which hospitals in each region meet those criteria.
(2399)
111
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London have paediatric consultants present on children's wards for a minimum of 14 hours a day, seven days a week; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
(2400)
112
N
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London that have a Type 1 A&E department have consultant presence on emergency wards for a minimum of 16 hours a day, seven days a week; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
(2401)
113
Mr David Anderson
(Blaydon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the national review of asthma deaths; and if he will make a statement.
(2692)
114
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis was for NICE's draft clinical guidelines for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in adults.
(2485)
115
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Mental Health Taskforce has made on developing a new five-year national strategy for mental health; with which groups and organisations that taskforce is consulting; when it is expected that taskforce will publish its final report; and whether that taskforce plans to publish an interim report.
(2551)
116
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his speech of 4 June 2015 to the NHS Confederation, when he expects to publish the obesity strategy; and what plans he has for consultation on that strategy.
(2552)
117
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on supporting terminally ill patients to die at home if they so wish.
(2601)
118
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report, Dying without dignity, published on 20 May 2015, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure (a) dying patients receive information on that prognosis in a sensitive manner and (b) communication between health professionals on the terminal prognosis of a patient is conducted in a timely manner.
(2602)
119
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all terminally ill patients have an agreed individual care plan which includes nutritional values, symptom control and psychological, social and spiritual support.
(2603)
120
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report, Dying Without Dignity, published on 20 May 2015, what steps he is taking to ensure sedative drugs are administered appropriately to terminally ill patients.
(2604)
121
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report, Dying Without Dignity, published on 20 May 2015, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all health professionals involved in the care of terminally ill patients undergo specialist training to ensure such patients and their families are communicated with in a sensitive, appropriate and timely manner; and if he will make a statement.
(2605)
122
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that no funding provided by his Department which reaches a third-party group is subsequently used to lobby his Department.
(2691)
123
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department will provide funding to Action on Smoking and Health in the 2015-16 financial year.
(2761)
124
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients in (a) University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, (b) the West Midlands Trusts and (c) England waited longer than (i) one month and (ii) two months from an urgent referral for suspected cancer to the beginning of treatment in each of the last five years.
(2419)
125
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the choice and availability of mental health crisis care services.
(2481)
126
N
Colleen Fletcher
(Coventry North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve early cancer diagnosis and treatment.
(2549)
127
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy that opt-outs from care.data will apply to all patients and all flows of data from GP records for all purposes other than the delivery of direct care, regardless of which NHS body or other organisation such data is intended to go to.
(2415)
128
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department (a) has commissioned and (b) is aware of on the diagnosis, blood-testing and other testing of ovarian cancer; and if he will make a statement.
(2782)
129
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries in Sheffield, Heeley constituency will be affected by the phased withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
(2756)
130
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the phased withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee on GP services and the number of GP surgeries in Sheffield, Heeley constituency.
(2757)
131
Ben Howlett
(Bath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for changes to the Care Act 2014 to ensure that social carers spend sufficient time with each patient.
(2646)
132
N
Grahame Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to expedite the (a) prevention, (b) testing, (c) diagnosis and (d) treatment of hepatitis C.
(2413)
133
N
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings NHS England has had with the pharmaceutical company BioMarin over the last 12 months; when those meetings took place; and if he will publish the minutes of each such meeting.
(2391)
134
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) emails and (b) letters were responded to by NHS England in (i) five or less, (ii) six to 10, (iii) 11 to 15, (iv) 16 to 20, (v) 21 to 25, (vi) 26 to 30, (vii) 31 to 35, (viii) 36 to 40, (ix) 41 to 45, (x) 46 to 50, (xi) 51 to 55, (xii) 56 to 60 and (xiii) more than 60 working days in each of the last five years.
(2796)
135
N
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of existing contracts on the deliverability of the savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
(2487)
136
N
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to by HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, how he plans to achieve the £200 million savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
(2490)
137
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published 4 June 2015, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the £200 million savings in public health budgets in 2015-16.
(2678)
138
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make available on the NHS telescopic tube technology for the diagnosis of cancer.
(2665)
139
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure availability of regular cervical cancer screening in women over 40.
(2666)
140
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to consider the use of new drugs and treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus.
(2667)
141
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are adequate numbers of GPs; and if he will discourage the movement of UK-trained GPs overseas.
(2668)
142
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on spinal cord treatment for back pain.
(2669)
143
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the British Medical Association and (b) other medical bodies on possible adverse effects of the use of inhalers for the treatment of asthma.
(2670)
144
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinical and medical bodies on the potential uses of man-made DNA in the NHS to create cures for cancers.
(2702)
145
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England is taking to test pregnant women for infections that can cause stillbirth.
(2703)
146
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an assessment of possible links between TA-64 anti-ageing serum and tumours.
(2704)
147
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinical and medical bodies on the potential use in the NHS of blood tests to diagnose fatal food allergies.
(2705)
148
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinical and medical bodies about the development and use of new technologies for detecting and diagnosing brain tumours.
(2710)
149
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to promote the availability of sacrohysteropexy as an alternative to hysterectomy in the NHS.
(2711)
150
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that genetic disorders are not passed on to babies through IVF treatment.
(2712)
151
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that more people can die in a place of their choosing.
(2787)
152
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve outcomes for people with cancer.
(2788)
153
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of registered (a) blood and (b) bone marrow donors.
(2797)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
154
Kevin Brennan
(Cardiff West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 2060, whether the Government is liaising with British Overseas Territories about ratification of the convention.
(2800)
155
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean her Department plans to allow to resettle in the UK.
(2493)
156
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will increase the number of resettlement places offered to migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean.
(2494)
157
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent residence cards were issued to non-EEA nationals who were (a) family or (b) extended family members of EEA nationals living in the UK in each of the last three years.
(2395)
158
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK residence cards were issued to non-EEA nationals who were (a) family or (b) extended family members of EEA nationals living in the UK in each of the last three years.
(2396)
159
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process and criteria was for the appointment of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Norfolk to adjudicate on the disbursement of the Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and The Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund; and what qualifications the PCC for Norfolk has to carry out that task.
(2789)
160
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she has outsourced responsibility for the adjudication of bids for the Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and The Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk.
(2790)
161
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address the rise in far-right organisations in the UK.
(2671)
162
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that compensation payments are granted to people affected by passport processing delays in 2014.
(2672)
163
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shotgun and firearms permit holders there were in each of the last five years.
(2698)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
164
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK aid that supports projects for deaf people.
(2774)
165
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by UK aid support deaf people; and in which countries those projects are based.
(2775)
166
N
Mr Gavin Shuker
(Luton South):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help developing countries create efficient tax regimes for multi-national corporations and (b) work with governments in other countries to ensure an equitable tax system for multi-national corporations in developing countries.
(2381)
167
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements are in place to prevent companies involved in violations of international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories from benefitting from contracts funded by her Department for humanitarian relief in Gaza.
(2617)
168
N
Wes Streeting
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to work with (a) other governments and (b) global organisations to tackle violence against children.
(2499)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
169
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what responsibilities the National Probation Service holds in relation to victims services; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that service in discharging those responsibilities.
(2411)
170
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to approve the contract for the Secure College.
(2412)
171
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of hours of purposeful activity delivered each week at each secure training centre in each year since 2010.
(2482)
172
N
Dan Jarvis
(Barnsley Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of young offenders who have taken part in restorative justice schemes in each of the last 10 years.
(2483)
173
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend the definition of ashes in the Cremation Act 1902.
(2791)
174
Paul Maynard
(Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to appoint an independent inspector of crematoriums.
(2792)
Questions to the Prime Minister
175
N
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Prime Minister, (a) how many people are being paid from the public purse for their work on the Chilcot inquiry, (b) whether such people are paid by the day, month or year or by the amount of work that they have done and (c) at what rate such people are paid.
(2418)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
176
N
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the reasons for the difference between the highest and the lowest voter turnout in a constituency in the 2015 General Election.
(2580)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
177
Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans for the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions to come into force.
(2645)
178
N
Margaret Greenwood
(Wirral West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review Merseyside tunnel tolls and set out the (a) scope, (b) participants, (c) timetable and (d) completion date of such a review.
(2544)
179
David Mowat
(Warrington South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his intention that Phase 2 of High Speed 2 will include a section of track linking the new line at High Leigh with the existing west coast main line at Wigan; and if he will make a statement.
(2687)
180
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued on improving safety for pedestrians at railway crossings.
(2673)
181
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost is to the public purse of community rail partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the operation of such partnerships.
(2545)
182
N
Sir Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the purpose is of community rail partnerships; and how many such partnerships there are.
(2546)
183
N
Daniel Zeichner
(Cambridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions he has made for the use of green technology in the Government's new code of practice for driverless car testing; and what plans he has to extend the pilot test scheme beyond four cities.
(2570)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
184
Kirsty Blackman
(Aberdeen North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payments to recipients in Aberdeen in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(2685)
185
N
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are being tested to speed up the processing of benefit claims; what effect any such measures are having on processing times; and when he plans to implement any such measures in full.
(2505)
186
Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have waited more than five weeks from making an application before receiving their first payment.
(2799)
187
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance have died while in receipt of that benefit.
(2777)
188
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been fast-tracked into the support group for employment and support allowance as a result of being terminally ill.
(2778)
189
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that terminally ill people access benefits to which they are entitled.
(2779)
190
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people are in the support group for employment and support allowance as a result of being terminally ill.
(2780)
191
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for processing a claim for personal independence payment when the claimant is terminally ill.
(2781)
192
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the net effect of the Access to Work scheme on public expenditure.
(2689)
193
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) supporting a person via the Access to Work programme and (b) paying out-of-work benefits to that person.
(2690)
194
Rachael Maskell
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who have used a food bank in each month since January 2010.
(2606)
195
Rachael Maskell
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission a review of the effect of benefit sanctions on claimants.
(2607)
196
Rachael Maskell
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned in (a) York Central constituency and (b) the UK in (i) the last 12 months and (ii) each previous 12 month period since 2009; and what the average length of each such sanction was in each such period.
(2619)
197
Rachael Maskell
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have experienced a delay in payment of benefits of more than (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(2620)
198
N
Dr Paul Monaghan
(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK are not claiming what value of each benefit and pension entitlement; and what proportion of each benefit and pension entitlement is unclaimed.
(2480)
199
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people and households with no access to the internet are able to claim benefits.
(2502)
200
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support benefit claimants in managing their money on a (a) monthly and (b) fortnightly basis.
(2503)
201
N
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the timetable for the roll-out of universal credit in Torfaen.
(2565)
202
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the measure of child poverty defined in the Child Poverty Act 2010.
(2420)
203
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on tenants of capping housing allowance rate rises at one per cent per year.
(2421)
204
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with pension providers on problems in accessing pension benefits since 6 April 2015.
(2550)
205
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have converted their pension benefit with (a) a pension benefit valued at less than £30,000 and (b) a guaranteed annually rate attached to their pension scheme since 6 April 2015.
(2566)
206
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who converted or transferred their pension benefits were required to seek advice before doing so since 6 April 2015.
(2567)
207
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a safeguard benefit attached to their pension benefit have converted or transferred pension benefits since 6 April 2015.
(2568)
208
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who converted their pension benefit since 6 April 2015 and were not required to seek advice will now be required to seek advice under the rules announced by the Financial Conduct Authority in Policy Statement PS15/12 published on 8 June 2015.
(2569)
209
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many people in Scotland who are currently in receipt of carer's allowance and disability living allowance (a) are and (b) are not entitled to personal independence payments.
(2585)
210
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the financial effect on carers in Scotland of the changes to carer's allowance as a result of the introduction of personal independence payments.
(2586)
211
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many recipients of carer's allowance in Scotland have lost their entitlement to that allowance following the introduction of personal independence payments.
(2587)
212
N
Mr David Winnick
(Walsall North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Children's Society findings that 6,050 children live in poverty in Walsall North constituency, of which 4,600 are in households in employment; and if he will make a statement.
(2576)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
213
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of possible health effects on consumers of use of methylchloro isothiazolinone in cosmetics, household goods and industrial items; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(2640)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
214
Louise Haigh
(Sheffield, Heeley):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people earning the living wage.
[Transferred]
(2679)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
215
Ms Mhairi Black
(Paisley and Renfrewshire South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance the Government has issued to pensioners on financial products available to people accessing their defined contribution pension.
[Transferred]
(2583)
216
Ms Mhairi Black
(Paisley and Renfrewshire South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to protect pensioners with access to their defined contribution pension from being targeted by scams.
[Transferred]
(2584)
217
Ian Blackford
(Ross, Skye and Lochaber):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will take steps to ensure that people who cannot afford or choose not to access financial advice on how to invest a lump sum taken from defined contribution pension plans are able to make appropriate decisions that ensure financial security throughout their retirement.
[Transferred]
(2793)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
218
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
[Transferred]
(2553)
219
N
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations the Prime Minister has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
[Transferred]
(2555)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
220
David T. C. Davies
(Monmouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department has taken to assist energy-intensive industries in preparing contingency plans for requests to reduce their demand for electricity at times of system stress; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(2753)
221
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she has taken to reduce fuel poverty.
[Transferred]
(2675)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
222
N
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to promote British food and drink exports.
[Question Unstarred]
(900421)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
223
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from European officials concerning the migrant situation in the Mediterranean.
[Transferred]
(2495)
224
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further resources the Government plans to offer to the international effort to save the lives of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
[Transferred]
(2496)