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941993

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Firearms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether his Department plans to support the arming of rural police officers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	906468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>It is for chief officers to determine the number of armed officers in their areas, based on a thorough assessment of threat and risk. The policy in this country has long been that the police should not generally be armed. This is vital in promoting good relations with the public and the community they serve.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/07/2018 15:54:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

941994

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services and Police: Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to encourage greater collaboration between the police and fire services.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	906469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with police and fire services to implement provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2017 that enable collaboration to go further and faster, including the new statutory duty to collaborate and enabling PCCs to take on fire and rescue governance, where a local case exists.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/07/2018 15:52:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

941995

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	906470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:50:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

941996

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	906471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:51:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

941997

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's security services have the resources required to counter terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	906473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, the Government committed to spending more than £2 billion per year on counter-terrorism and investing 30% more over the Spending Review period, including £1.4 billion investment in new capabilities for the security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>In light of the changing threat picture set out in our strengthened and updated CONTEST strategy, we have also allocated an additional £50m funding to Counter-Terrorism Policing this year.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 16/07/2018 15:47:32 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

941998

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce shop theft.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	906474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group with the British Retail Consortium. This brings retailers and the police together to ensure an effective response to crimes affecting retailers and includes work to reduce shop thefts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/07/2018 15:45:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

939901

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bread: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations contained in the Honest Crust campaign published by the Real Bread Campaign and the charity Sustain published November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We are satisfied that compliance with EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 together ensure that the labelling and advertising of food must not mislead the consumer. EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ensures that pre-packaged loaves display a full ingredient list, while the exemption of loaves sold at the point of production is made in the interests of small businesses and bakeries, reducing unnecessary regulatory burden while retaining essential, relevant information for the consumer.</p><p>EC Regulation 1333/2008 adequately defines the approved additives and their conditions of use in bread. These requirements, together with guidance on terms such as ‘hand-made’, ‘Farmhouse’ and ‘home-made’ used by food businesses and trading standards officers, already provide robust protection to consumers against misleading practices. However if a consumer does think that they are being misled by bread labelling, they should seek advice from their local trading standards office.</p><p> </p><p>A restricted number of additives are permitted in sourdough bread under EC Regulation 1333/2008 – there are no plans at present to change these. There are many products on the market that do not have definitions set out in legislation, however there are general rules in place to protect consumers. The Bread &amp; Flour Regulations 1998 contain a few, limited definitions but the focus of the legislation is on the fortification of white and brown flour with certain nutrients, mostly for restorative purposes.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to include a legal definition for sourdough within the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 but the baking industry itself may consider agreeing a code of practice about what should be described as a UK sourdough bread.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/07/2018 15:22:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938449

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Members: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the House of Commons Commission, what assessment it has made of the effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on the ability of hon. Members to carry out their work.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	163097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of its preparations for GDPR, the House Service recognised the impact of the new legislation on Members and procured a contract to deliver training, guidance, templates and an advice line to offer support to Members and their offices. Presentations and advice on GDPR have also been included at regional constituency open days since September 2017.</p><p>The House Service has worked closely with DCMS and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the provision of updated guidance and subject specific case studies, including scenarios such as sending newsletters to constituents and others, appropriate use of constituents’ contact details, and dealing with complex requests for access to personal data.</p><p>In May, letters (together with the case studies, guidance and frequently asked questions) were sent to Members from the Chair of the Administration Committee and Managing Director of Research and Information, and from the Leader of the House.</p><p>Further work has been planned to update existing guidance for Members and their staff on the application of the Data Protection Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 23 May.</p><p>The Government has responsibility for conducting formal assessments of the impact of legislation and DCMS carried out an impact assessment of the overall Data Protection Bill in September 2017. (It can be found here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA17-006.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA17-006.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 16/07/2018 20:00:08 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

938450

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that safeguards are in place for eligible EU citizens’ to access welfare (a) during the implementation period and (b) after the conclusion of that implementation period of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	162957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The draft Withdrawal Agreement published in March guarantees the rights of EU citizens and their family members living in the UK, and UK nationals living in the EU. As set out, EU citizens living in the UK by 31 December 2020, along with their family members, will be able to stay and continue their lives, with the same access to work, study, benefits and public services that they enjoy now.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/07/2018 16:00:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

938451

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Nigeria: Conflict Prevention
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 French and other European counterparts on the conflict in Nigeria between Fulani herdsmen and farming communities; and what diplomatic steps they are taking to reduce the conflict and protect communities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	163098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Officials have discussed this issue with US, French, German and other EU colleagues who share the British Government's deep concern. We continue to raise this issue with the Nigerian Federal and State Government and to call on them to bring the perpetrators of violence to justice and to develop solutions which meet the needs of all communities to prevent further violence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/07/2018 15:03:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah