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985570

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Highways England on the next Road Investment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	906929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>I have regular contact with Highways England on this matter. </strong><strong>Earlier this year, the Department consulted on Highways England’s proposed priorities for the second Road Investment Strategy. A response to this consultation will be published in the coming weeks. </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2018 12:55:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

985571

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: North Devon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with Devon County Council on improvements to the North Devon link road.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	906930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Department and Council officials have met to discuss the arrangements for taking forward the scheme to improve the North Devon Link Road between South Molton and Bideford which was announced in May. The meeting was constructive and we will continue to work closely with the Council leading up to their submission of a final business case in 2020. The Department has given provisional approval to investing £82.1m towards the £93.1m scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2018 13:49:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

985572

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of High Speed Two on the economies of the (a) Midlands and (b) North of England.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	906934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>HS2 will transform the UK economy with construction supporting up to 30,000 new jobs, as set out in the HS2 Skills, Employment and Education Strategy, launched last month. 70 percent of construction jobs supported over the entire HS2 programme will be outside of London. It will directly link 8 of the UK’s 10 largest cities and provide a step change in the country’s railway capacity. </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/10/2018 12:46:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

985573

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce congestion on the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	906935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>The Government is investing £15 billion to maintain and improve England’s strategic road network and reduce congestion. Highways England are making good progress delivering the schemes set out in the first Road Investment Strategy. In their latest delivery plan update, published in July 2018, they confirm that 22 major schemes have been completed since 2015.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2018 13:02:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

985574

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for UK ports to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	906936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>The Department for Transport is working closely with HM Treasury, HM Revenue &amp; Customs and other Departments under the auspices of the Border Delivery Group. As part of this process, we are engaging with ports and encouraging prudent preparations. </strong></p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/10/2018 13:18:15 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

982808

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	Radioisotopes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of not having consistent and timely access to radioisotopes on the UK's ability to deliver radiotherapy for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	176159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Medical radioisotopes are essential in the effective treatment of many cancer patients and the Government believes it is vital to ensure consistent and timely access to these products for United Kingdom patients.</p><p> </p><p>As a responsible Government, we continue to prepare proportionately for all European Union exit scenarios, including the possible outcome that we leave the EU without any deal in March 2019. That is why on 23 August the Government announced details of its approach to no deal EU exit medicines contingency planning.</p><p> </p><p>Since writing to pharmaceutical companies, we have received good engagement from the industry who share our aims of ensuring patients maintain continuity of medicines supply. The Department continues to work closely with these companies to ensure that their UK supplies of medicines, including for cancer patients, are sufficient to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term from the possible event of a no-deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that medical radioisotopes and some other medicinal products have short shelf lives and cannot be stockpiled. Where such products are at present imported to the UK from the EU/European Union Economic Area (EEA) via road haulage and roll-on, roll-off sea, road and rail routes, the Department is asking suppliers to ensure they have plans in place to air freight those products to avoid any border delays that may arise at the end of March next year in the event of a no deal exit from the EU. We will consider how the Department may support suppliers in making arrangements to meet this expectation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided information to the public and Parliament on the likely impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and Euratom on the importation of radioisotopes for medical use in the possible event that the UK leaves the EU without agreement, via a series of Technical Notices. Within these, the Government confirmed that in order to ensure continuity of supply in medicines, the UK will continue to accept batch testing of human medicines carried out in EU countries, other EEA countries and those third countries with which the EU has a Mutual Recognition Agreement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 176160 176162 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:01:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

983828

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	NHS England: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce legislation for safe staffing levels in NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	177113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Patient safety remains a priority for the Department; however, we have no plans to bring forward new legislative proposals to ensure safe staffing levels are maintained in the National Health Service in England.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2018 13:12:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

984344

registered interest
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	Bangladesh: Elections
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 fairness of the recent local elections in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	177283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>There were credible media reports of irregularities at recent local elections in Bangladesh, including those in Barishal, Rajshahi and Sylhet in July. We have consistently encouraged the Government of Bangladesh and opposition parties to engage in an effective dialogue to lay the groundwork for free, fair and pluralistic elections, including the general election due to take place at the end of this year. I made these points to senior members of the Government of Bangladesh, including State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, and members of the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, during my visit to Bangladesh from 29 June to 1 July this year. The Foreign Secretary made these points to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when they met on 24 September at the UN General Assembley in New York.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/10/2018 15:23:30 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

984345

registered interest
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