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451333

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
	house id	1
	identifier	26163
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to take account in its policies of the conclusions of the Muslim Brotherhood Review, HC 679, published on 17 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	26163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Review into the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has highlighted concerns about the Brotherhood and concluded that aspects of its ideology and tactics in the UK, and overseas, have been contrary to our values, national interests and national security.</p><p>The Government will intensify its scrutiny of the views and activities that Brotherhood members and associates promote, both here and overseas. It will also continue to consult, and share information and analysis, with other governments in the Middle East and North Africa as appropriate.</p><p>We have looked carefully at the findings of the review and will continue to:</p><p>• refuse visas to members and associates of the Brotherhood who are on record as having made extremist comments, in line with our existing policy guidelines and approach to extremism in all forms; • seek to ensure charities that have links to the Brotherhood are not misused to support or finance the Brotherhood instead of their lawful charitable purpose; • strengthen liaison arrangements with international partners to ensure that allegations of illicit funding or other misuse of charities are robustly investigated and appropriate action taken; • enforce the EU asset freeze on Hamas; and • keep under review whether the views and activities of the Brotherhood meet the legal test for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/02/2016 12:45:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

451631

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Kamal Foroughi
	house id	1
	identifier	26413
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the conditions in which Kamal Foroughi is being held in Evin Prison, Iran.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	26413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2016 answer text <p>We have not been able to obtain access to Mr Foroughi since his detention in May 2011. The Iranian Government does not recognise dual nationality for Iranian citizens. Our requests for consular access to detainees have been rejected on these grounds. We regularly express our concerns about all of our consular cases at high level with the Iranian Government.</p><p>Prime Minister David Cameron raised these issues in a letter to President Rouhani on 19 October and again in a telephone call on 19 January. Most recently this was raised by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) during Foreign Minister Zarif’s visit to London on 5 February. I am also keeping a close interest in Mr Foroughi’s case, having recently met with his son in London on 1 December and 14 January.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/02/2016 10:35:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

451632

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Mauritania: Slavery
	house id	1
	identifier	26412
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of slavery in Mauritania.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	26412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>We remain concerned about continued reports of slavery in Mauritania, and about the modest sentences handed down in the few successful prosecutions for slavery offences. We welcome the establishment of three courts with specific responsibility for slavery cases. We continue to monitor this topic closely. We regularly raise our concerns with the Mauritanian authorities in the UK and in Nouakchott, and meet human rights and anti-slavery campaigners to discuss the subject.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/02/2016 10:03:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

453268

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Loneliness
	house id	1
	identifier	27221
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Health and Wellbeing boards have identified in their strategic plans loneliness as an issue needing to be tackled.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	27221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Health and wellbeing boards are responsible for preparing joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) which should assess the health and care needs of the entire local population. As such, the JSNA offers a valuable opportunity for localities to review how current local services address loneliness.</p><p><br> The Government has not highlighted or prioritised any specific groups or area of need over another as this would risk undermining the purpose of JSNAs as being objective, comprehensive and most importantly locally-owned assessments.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/02/2016 14:32:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

451189

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	identifier	26220
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding the Government is providing to local authorities for each refugee for housing under the Syrian resettlement scheme (a) in London and (b) outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	26220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The first 12 months of local authorities’ resettlement costs are centrally funded using the overseas aid budget. In years 2-5, local authorities receive a per person tariff tapering from £5,000 to £1,000 over the four years. This is unringfenced funding and it is for local authorities to decide how best to use it to support refugees.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/02/2016 13:00:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

347664

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Garden Bridge
	house id	1
	identifier	545
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of a new Thames pedestrian bridge at alternative locations to that of the proposed Garden Bridge project.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is responsible for reviewing business cases for transport infrastructure projects. The Garden Bridge business case included alternative locations for the project.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/06/2015 14:16:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

347665

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Garden Bridge
	house id	1
	identifier	546
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he has met Joanna Lumley to discuss the proposed Garden Bridge project in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has no record of the Chancellor meeting with Joanna Lumley to discuss the Garden Bridge in any of the last three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/06/2015 14:17:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

347666

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Garden Bridge
	house id	1
	identifier	547
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates officials in his Department have met Joanna Lumley to discuss the proposed Garden Bridge project in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that Treasury officials have not spoken to Joanna Lumley about the Garden Bridge project in any of the last three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/06/2015 14:24:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

347663

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Garden Bridge
	house id	1
	identifier	544
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process his Department undertook to scrutinise the business case for the proposed Garden Bridge project.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is responsible for reviewing business cases for transport infrastructure projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/06/2015 14:31:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

347965

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport for London: Contracts
	house id	1
	identifier	897
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has sought assurances from Transport for London that the invitation to tender for Bridge Design Consultancy Services (ITT reference: tfL/00711) was undertaken in a fair and transparent manner.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>It is for Transport for London to satisfy itself that any invitation to tender is compliant with relevant procurement legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/06/2015 15:05:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake