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984345

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date	09/10/2018
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	Iran: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that Iran is using its embassies in Europe as cover for terrorist activity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We are clear that the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations requires that the premises of a diplomatic mission are not used in any manner incompatible with the functions of the mission as described in the Convention or by other rules of general international law. We are aware that France has frozen the assets of an Iranian individual who is reported to have been accredited to a diplomatic mission in Europe and arrested in connection with an alleged attack plot.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/10/2018 17:04:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984346

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of an adequate number of appropriately trained people as guides for the blind; and whether he has held discussions with the RNIB on the training of such guides.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014, where an adult or carer appears to have care and support needs, the local authority must carry out an assessment, and meet any eligible needs. This includes those arising from sight impairment or blindness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department maintains the Certificate of Vision Impairment form, which is used by consultant ophthalmologists to certify an individual as sight impaired or severely sight impaired (blind). With permission, the form is shared with the patient’s local authority, who work with the person to assess what help and advice they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to support training and skills development for care workers, this year investing £12 million in the Workforce Development Fund for training to develop the social care workforce, and working with its delivery partner, Skills for Care, to provide a range of resources for providers to help attract, train and retain staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had any recent discussions with the Royal National Institute of Blind People regarding training people as guides for the blind.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2018 13:11:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984351

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC statistical release of 28 June 2018 on the Government's policy to provide support to a maximum of two children, what the ethnicity is of the 70,620 households not in receipt of an exception to that policy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2018 10:02:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984352

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Public Sector: Electrical Engineering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that public sector projects are resourced with adequately qualified electrical workers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department endorses the industry developed and managed Construction Skills Certification Scheme and the Electrotechnical Certification Scheme. These industry-wide schemes aim to ensure all construction clients and consumers can have confidence that those undertaking electrical work have the relevant training and qualifications to perform the work required.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2018 15:43:13 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984353

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on the effect on the health of the UK population of poor air quality, ventilation, lighting and acoustics in home building; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives correspondence on a range of issues with respect to the Building Regulations and matters relating to the indoor environment. I am aware of work that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Healthy Homes and Buildings has been doing in this area and would be happy to meet the group to discuss the issues further.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 177311 question first answered 15/10/2018 15:16:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984354

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet the All-Party Group on Healthy Homes and Buildings to (a) discuss the extent of the problems caused by poor quality homes and buildings and (b) assess the steps that are being taken to incentivise home providers and builders to build and retrofit to the highest standards.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives correspondence on a range of issues with respect to the Building Regulations and matters relating to the indoor environment. I am aware of work that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Healthy Homes and Buildings has been doing in this area and would be happy to meet the group to discuss the issues further.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 177310 question first answered 15/10/2018 15:16:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984355

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the prosecution of knife crime in different parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Director of Public Prosecutions regularly meets with her counterpart in Northern Ireland to discuss common issues. The Attorney General will be travelling to Northern Ireland during October to meet with the Northern Ireland Attorney General.</p><p>The Government has a published the Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence including the recent increases in knife crime. The CPS is working with its cross-Government partners to deliver the Strategy, and also supports the police enforcement to tackle knife crime through its Operation Sceptre.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/10/2018 09:27:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984358

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reduce the drink-drive limit to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to lower the drink drive limit but is monitoring the position in Scotland. The Government considers rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers to be effective deterrents.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2018 15:31:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984360

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to publish his response to his consultation with business on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s public consultations on the UK’s potential accession to CPTPP, alongside plans for new bilateral free trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand and the US, will close on the 26<sup>th</sup> of October 2018. The Department is putting in place the appropriate mechanisms to ensure that due consideration is given to responses, so that they effectively inform our overall approach to negotiations with partner countries. The Department plans to publish responses to all four consultations before entering into any formal free trade agreement negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 16/10/2018 13:26:52 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984361

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment has been made of the effect of IPSA's family leave policy on the (a) provision of adequate office arrangements for Members and (b)(i) physical and (ii) mental health of parliamentary staff returning from such leave.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I have asked the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to reply.</p><p>Letter from Marcial Boo, chief executive of IPSA, 10 October 2018:</p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) provides Family Leave Guidance in relation to staff employed by MPs, a copy of which can be found on our website at: <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/QKKeCvlGAf2N028cQYpib?domain=theipsa.org.uk" target="_blank">http://www.theipsa.org.uk/ipsa-for-mps/guidance</a>.</p><p>This document provides guidance on maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave, KIT/SPLIT days and caring leave. This is not a policy, but guidance to MPs on the statutory entitlements. As the legal employers of their staff, MPs are responsible for matters of individual staffing arrangements, such as approving instances of family leave and ensuring that they comply with relevant employment legislation.</p><p>As the document is guidance rather than a policy, and relates only to the statutory entitlements, we have not undertaken any specific assessment of its effects. However, IPSA encourages responsible employment and any necessary expenditure by MPs on the health and welfare of their staff, including their mental health. MPs can claim the cost of staff health and welfare costs, such as occupational health assessments, from their staffing budgets. We also undertake Equality Impact Assessments (EIA) in relation to major changes to our Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses. We last undertook an EIA in March 2017 which concluded that changes proposed to our Scheme were likely to have a small positive impact on MPs’ staff in relation to pregnancy and maternity. A copy of that report can be found on our website at: <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/fz7eCwVJBfA8ZAxIqtIAt?domain=theipsa.org.uk" target="_blank">http://www.theipsa.org.uk/publications/consultations/review-of-the-mps-scheme-of-business-costs-and-expenses</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 11/10/2018 09:15:05 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon