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date	19/05/2016
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Select Committees: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 7713, what progress has been made on developing device independent applications for the distribution of select committee papers; and how many hon. Members have now been issued with (a) android and (b) iPad devices.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	37617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>Options for the distribution of committee papers are being explored. One option involves using a SharePoint based system to distribute committee papers and this is due to be tested with a select committee soon.</p><p>Documents for select committees are circulated to committee members electronically, predominantly in PDF format. The PDF format can be read on a number of different devices.</p><p>594 Apple iPads and 25 tablets of other makes have been purchased by or issued to Members’ offices in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/05/2016 12:08:30 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 426 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

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date	18/04/2016
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many representations of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people there are in the paintings in the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	34469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>There are four formal painted portraits of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people on display in the Palace of Westminster. The portraits are of Dr Dadabhoy Naoroji, the first Asian MP, Diane Abbott, the first black woman MP, Paul Boateng as the first black Cabinet Minister and Baroness Amos as the first black Leader of the House of Lords.</p><p>The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art is committed to reflecting the diversity of the House today, and to recognising those who have influenced Parliament and contributed to its development in a notable way through the Parliamentary Art Collection. The Committee has agreed to give further consideration to the matter of BAME representation in the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/04/2016 10:21:44 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 56738 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah