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607526

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	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	Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role he expects the UK to play in discussions at the UN General Assembly on multilateral nuclear disarmament; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	49768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text The UK plays a full and active role in the UN First Committee on disarmament and international security. We are considering nearly 70 resolutions covering the whole spectrum of First Committee activity working with other States to prevent proliferation and to make progress towards multilateral nuclear disarmament. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 31/10/2016 16:13:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

607528

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	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	Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other (a) NATO member states and (b) Commonwealth countries on the upcoming discussions at the UN General Assembly on multilateral nuclear disarmament; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	49770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) has had discussions with a number of counterparts on the important issue of multilateral nuclear disarmament. The UK Government firmly believes that the best way to achieve a world without nuclear weapons is through gradual disarmament, negotiated using a step-by-step aproach and within the framework of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 31/10/2016 16:22:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

606831

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2016 to Question 46417, what assessment the Government has made of the likelihood of reaching its target of resettling 20,000 Syrians before the end of the current Parliament at current resettlement rates.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	49683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and International Partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the lifetime of this Parliament and we are on track to do this.</p><p>Progress on resettlement will be indicated in quarterly immigration statistics. The last set of statistics, published on 25 August 2016 showed that 2,646 Syrians were relocated to the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme between October 2015 and June 2016.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2016 17:14:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

619882

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice he has received on whether armed Reaper drones on missions outside Syria and Iraq are covered by the convention that Parliament has an opportunity to debate the circumstances in which armed forces are committed to military operations.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	49992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Whether the Convention applies would depend on the circumstances in which Reaper was to be used. Unmanned aerial systems are subject to the same operational accountability and oversight to that of manned aircraft, including the application of the War Powers Convention.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 31/10/2016 17:02:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

619893

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether pilots who are in control of armed Reaper drones conducting operations overseas are (a) engaged in armed conflict and (b) regulated by the laws of war.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	49991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Whether UK pilots in control of Reaper unmanned aerial system conducting operations overseas are engaged in an armed conflict depends on the type of operation the pilots are undertaking. UK military personnel who are using force on overseas operations will do so in accordance with the laws of war (also known as the Law of Armed Conflict/International Humanitarian Law).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 31/10/2016 17:01:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

620015

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Eritrea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to new guidance issued by the Upper Tribunal on Eritrea on 10 October 2016, what steps she will take to update her Department's travel guidance on that country.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	49835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We will this week publish a country policy and information note on Eritrea updated in light of the Upper Tribunal’s determination in the Eritrea country guidance of MST and Others, which was handed down to respective parties on 7 October and published on 10 October.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2016 16:46:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

607546

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Suicide: Beachy Head
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Eastbourne Borough Council on steps to deter or prevent people from taking their own life on Beachy Head.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	uin	49742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We have not had any discussions with Eastbourne Borough Council about Beachy Head as a place used by people to take their own life. Local authorities are responsible for local suicide prevention by working with local agencies to implement local suicide prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) published guidance in 2015, ‘Preventing suicides in public places: A practice resource’, to support local areas taking action in places known to be used for suicide:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=public-health-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=public-health-england</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE also published refreshed guidance on 25 October, ‘Local suicide prevention planning: a practice resource’, to support local areas to implement multi-agency suicide prevention plans which will bring together all local agencies to work collaboratively to prevent suicide:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/562280/PHE_local_suicide_prevention_planning_a_practice_resource.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/562280/PHE_local_suicide_prevention_planning_a_practice_resource.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 31/10/2016 17:46:40 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

619943

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	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	Iraq: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	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 discussions his Department has had with the Iraqi government on the success of an Iraqi application for support from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	50012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are in regular discussions with the Government of Iraq on how UK support is helping to build stability in Iraq, support diplomatic and military efforts to defeat Daesh, and contribute to stabilising liberated areas. I last discussed these issues with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the UK-Iraq bilateral Joint Committee, held in London on 12 October.</p><p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund is one of a number of means of support that the UK deploys in support of the Government of Iraq, complementing diplomatic and communications efforts. The Fund is currently supporting Government of Iraq efforts to deliver reform and reconciliation, stabilisation, and counter-Daesh strategic communications.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 31/10/2016 15:52:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

601045

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department sought legal advice in advance of redrafting the Building Bulletin 100 guidance relating to sprinkler systems in school buildings; and what assessment her Department made of that advice.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	48532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on updating the Fire Safety Design for Schools – Building Bulletin 100 (BB100) guidance as it is nearly 10 years old. However, there is no change to the policy regarding the installation of sprinklers in new school buildings, and the requirement for a proper fire risk assessment to determine the need for sprinklers in new schools is consistent with the BB100 guidance from 2007.</p><p> </p><p>All new schools are assessed on a case-by-case basis for fire safety and, where it is concluded that sprinklers must be fitted to protect property or keep children safe, they will be. All schools must comply with building and fire safety regulations.</p><p>As there has been no change in policy, no legal advice was required in the development of the draft updated BB100 guidance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:04:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

619997

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Arthritis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make the arthritis pacemaker implant available on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	50039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of recent research regarding a new implant to treat arthritis, however this research remains at a relatively early stage and larger scientific trials would be needed to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of such a device before it could be considered for routine National Health Service use.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 31/10/2016 16:22:31 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon