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172553

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date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the annual value of the market in the UK of the illicit sale of pharmaceuticals; and what steps he is taking to restrict that market.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	220047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, there are strict legal controls on the retail sale, supply and advertisement of medicinal products and these controls apply equally to medicines sold or supplied via internet or e-mail transactions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Illegal trading in medicines and medical devices can have a direct impact on the health of the UK public and consequently breaches in legislative requirements are taken very seriously. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has responsibility for enforcing medicines legislation and during the course of last year received over 4,500 reports of suspect activity involving medicines and medical devices, 270 of which led to a criminal investigation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no figures to quantify the total value of illegal trading in medicines but during 2014, 4,512 packages containing an estimated 6<strong>,</strong>028,538 doses were seized by the MHRA at the UK Border. The MHRA has estimated that seizures from April 2014 to date have a likely re-sale value of £11.5 million – this includes £9.5 million seized during Operation Pangea.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MHRA works closely with UK Border Force and joint exercises which targeted imports from countries known to source non-compliant medicines have been undertaken. Training to identify suspicious trading in medicines has been provided to UKBF personnel and a national Strategic Threat Assessment on pharmaceutical crime is being developed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MHRA monitors the internet for websites operating outside legal requirements and, in collaboration with Internet Service Providers, takes steps to close down sites both in the UK and abroad.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MHRA also works with industry and other stakeholders to identify illegal activity involving medicines and hosts both Falsified Medicines and Pharmaceutical Industry Stakeholder Groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MHRA actions aim to tackle both supply and, equally important, demand for illegally traded medicines and has instigated a number of public awareness campaigns delivered by the MHRA and also by MHRA in conjunction with other stakeholders such as the General Pharmaceutical Council, patient groups and the pharmaceutical industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>New requirements for wholesalers and distributors of medicines introduced by the Falsified Medicines Directive were implemented in the UK in August 2013 and strengthen controls on the regulated supply chain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 14/01/2015 15:44:43 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172573

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prisoners: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to Police Forces in England and Wales of looking after dogs owned by people in prison or other custody in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	220046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/01/2015 15:27:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172579

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Labour Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	220089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK supported the introduction of the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, and is undertaking a wide range of activity to tackle forced labour, as well as other forms of modern slavery. We are committed to ratifying the Protocol, which we consider the UK already meets, and will do so following consultation with other Departments and the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2015 16:36:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172588

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) security and (b) immigration checks are made on casual staff working in Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	220048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The House Service ceased to engage casual workers last year. It does, however, engage staff supplied by agencies from time to time to meet unexpected demands and peaks of work.</p><p>Agency workers, in common with directly employed staff, are security cleared to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level and immigration/right to work checks are undertaken. The latter is done by requiring documentary evidence and in line with HMG’s Baseline Personal Security Standard.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 14/01/2015 13:10:53 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172590

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of super trawlers on the sustainability of coastal fishing communities in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	220045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Assessments of the status of fisheries and their sustainability, including coastal fisheries in developing countries, are undertaken by national authorities and compiled periodically into regional assessments by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has provided support both bilaterally and through international organisations to strengthen the governance of fisheries in developing countries. This has included efforts to tackle illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in West Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 14/01/2015 16:52:37 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172267

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Christmas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the duty Minister in his Department was on each day of the parliamentary Christmas recess 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	219795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministers on duty for this parliamentary recess were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>19 - 23 December (inc) – Rt Hon John Hayes MP</p><p>24 - 27 December (inc) – Robert Goodwill MP</p><p>28 - 31 December (inc) - Baroness Kramer</p><p>1 - 4 January (inc) – Claire Perry MP</p><p> </p><p>All Ministers were fully briefed and involved on any issues in their portfolios throughout the recess period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/01/2015 14:40:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172268

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which airline pilots suffer skill fade as a result of over-reliance on automatic systems and of the implications of this for flight safety.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	219798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>There is a robust European Certification process in place to ensure that commercial air transport pilots have technical knowledge, competency and training that they need.　 The training is developed collaboratively between industry, manufacturers and regulatory bodies and takes into account technological advances including automation.　 After their initial training, pilots are required to demonstrate periodically that they still have the full set of skills they need to operate equipment safely in a range of circumstances.　 All Flight Examiners and Type Rating Instructors/Examiners work to a common set of standards agreed at a European level.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/01/2015 11:38:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

170619

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of 31 October 2014 from the hon. Member for Warley about compulsory purchase orders.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	218975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A reply was sent on 16 December.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/01/2015 16:13:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

169364

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	EU Trade: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many trade negotiations are being conducted by the EU on behalf of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	218050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission is conducting, on behalf of the UK, nine bilateral trade negotiations, and a number of negotiations at the World Trade Organisation where the EU negotiates on behalf of the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:21:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

169601

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Lights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of introducing a flashing amber sequence at certain traffic lights in off-peak hours.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	218179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has no plans to introduce flashing amber at junctions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned a research project looking into ways of making signals operate more efficiently at quiet times. The report is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/operation-of-traffic-signals-during-low-demand-periods" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/operation-of-traffic-signals-during-low-demand-periods</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The research reviewed practice in other countries, including the use of flashing amber overnight. It found countries that use this system are moving away from it and that introducing it led to an increased risk of accidents.</p><p> </p><p>There are numerous locations where traffic light signals are only in operation at peak times- for example on roundabouts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/12/2014 09:17:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar