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746722

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date	29/06/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made on the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	2043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>We committed to a review of the Gender Recognition Act as part of our response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on transgender equality. Through this review we are examining options to streamline and demedicalise the gender recognition process.</p><p>The review is ongoing and we will provide an update on the Government’s progress as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/07/2017 15:36:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

746836

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using tier 3 visas to tackle labour shortages in the soft fruit industry.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	2040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We remain closely engaged with industry to ensure that we are informed of the latest intelligence on the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office intends to commission the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to better understand the reliance on EU migrant workers across the economy and consider the UK’s labour market needs.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-UK workers in the agriculture and horticulture sector after we leave the EU will depend on the final shape of domestic immigration policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/07/2017 16:23:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

746837

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	European Free Trade Association
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has had with the secretariat of the European Free Trade Association.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	2041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has had no recent meetings with the secretariat of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Officials occasionally meet the EFTA secretariat in the course of business, as they do the secretariats of similar trade organisations.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 15:05:24 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

746838

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Russia: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2017 to Question 71400, whether the continued persecution of LGBT people in (a) Chechnya and (b) other parts of Russia was raised at the June 2017 session of the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	2042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK raised our concerns over the continued persecution of the LGBT community in Chechnya at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council through our national statements during the ‘Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and the Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions’ on 6 June, and under ‘Item 4’ (‘Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention’) on 15 June. We continue to raise the wider issue of LGBT rights across Russia directly with the Russian authorities through bilateral channels and in multilateral fora.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 15:09:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown