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224508

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether information made available to Desmond de Silva QC for his report on the Patrick Finucane Review included information on Brian Nelson's discharge from the army and his subsequent recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	225818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Sir Desmond de Silva was provided with all available information relating to Brian Nelson's recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent. He did not seek information from the Government relating to Nelson's earlier discharge from the Army.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/03/2015 17:10:13 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

222608

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account she took of the recommendations of (a) the Report of the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review presented to her on 16 December 2013 and (b) the report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill published on 3 April 2014, HC 1019, when establishing the review of migrant domestic worker arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	224810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Both reports were considered carefully when establishing the review of the <br>Overseas Domestic Worker visa. That is why the review will focus on all aspects <br>of this visa regime, including the support available to those who are subject <br>to modern slavery offences whilst holding these visas. The Government is <br>determined to ensure that our visa regime does not encourage or facilitate <br>abuse. James Ewins was asked to conduct the review in light of his significant <br>background in tackling modern slavery, including as specialist adviser to the <br>pre-legislative scrutiny Committee and as a member of the steering committee <br>for the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review Panel. The Review will report by <br>the end of July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/02/2015 15:24:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

178979

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Colombia
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 reports he has received on the UK's programme of counter-narcotics assistance to Colombia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	223940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>We receive regular updates on our ongoing programme of support to Colombia in the area of counter-narcotics. However, we do not release detailed information as to do so would risk undermining operational effectiveness and could prejudice the capability or security of those undertaking operations. Officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office, National Crime Agency and Ministry of Defence are in regular dialogue to ensure this activity is in line with our international obligations.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/02/2015 14:39:26 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

178980

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the protocols, memorandum of understanding and any other documents relating to the UK-Colombia defence relationship.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	223941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence, my hon. Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) to the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Mr Flello) on 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 168W. <br><br>Pursuant to this, the Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Colombian Ministry of Defence was placed in the House of Commons Library on 4 February 2014 by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/02/2015 14:41:15 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

179027

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Modern Slavery Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the reasonable person test in defence for children from the Modern Slavery Bill.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	224001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The statutory defence is an important additional protection for victims of <br>modern slavery who have been compelled to commit certain offences as a direct <br>consequence of their slavery or trafficking situation. In addition, the Crown <br>Prosecution Service will continue to use its discretion to not charge an <br>offence or discontinue a prosecution which is not required, in the public <br>interest. <br><br>It is imperative that the defence protects child victims of modern slavery from <br>being inappropriately criminalised whilst also avoiding providing complete <br>immunity for the most serious categories of offending. The reasonable person <br>test is an important safeguard in ensuring that the defence cannot be abused.<br><br>The defence for child victims has been amended in the House of Lords to remove <br>the requirement for compulsion and we have also tabled an amendment at Lord’s <br>Report of the Modern Slavery Bill to the reasonable person test for child <br>victims to make it easier for child victims to gain protection from the <br>statutory defence. This amendment will remove the reference to the child having <br>no realistic alternative to committing the offence and will mean that once the <br>defence is raised, the prosecution would have to show beyond reasonable doubt <br>that the child acted unreasonably in committing the offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 13:59:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

178191

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid the UK plans to provide (a) the central government and (b) local authorities in South Sudan in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	223579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK will not provide any financial aid to central government or local authorities in South Sudan in 2014-15. The UK will provide around £150m in aid for South Sudan in 2014/15, which is channelled through UN agencies, commercial contractors and NGOs to deliver both humanitarian support and longer term development programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/02/2015 17:32:30 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

164385

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase investment in pancreatic cancer research in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	215620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) has met recently with my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Eric Ollerenshaw) to discuss pancreatic cancer research and the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pancreatic Cancer and will write to the APPG shortly with comments on the report’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including pancreatic cancer. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The available funding for all topic areas including pancreatic cancer is subject to future allocation of the Department’s research and development budget. A budget figure for 2015-16 will be set later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR is funding a £2 million five-year programme of research to understand the reasons why cancer diagnosis may be delayed, and to consider new designs for testing for cancer. The programme is a partnership between the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Bangor, Durham, Oxford, Exeter, the NIHR and Bristol NHS Clinical Commissioning Group. The programme objectives are to design and test new service pathways to cancer diagnosis which are based on sound medical evidence, make efficient use of resources and take full account of patients' views. The programme includes a study of factors influencing patient appraisal of symptoms and associations with cancer diagnosis. Participants in this study have been referred by their general practitioner to hospital for further investigation of symptoms suggestive of pancreatic, lung, or colorectal cancer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 215621 215640 215641 question first answered 27/11/2014 17:15:52 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

164386

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commission early diagnosis research projects specific to pancreatic cancer.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	215621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) has met recently with my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Eric Ollerenshaw) to discuss pancreatic cancer research and the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pancreatic Cancer and will write to the APPG shortly with comments on the report’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including pancreatic cancer. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The available funding for all topic areas including pancreatic cancer is subject to future allocation of the Department’s research and development budget. A budget figure for 2015-16 will be set later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR is funding a £2 million five-year programme of research to understand the reasons why cancer diagnosis may be delayed, and to consider new designs for testing for cancer. The programme is a partnership between the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Bangor, Durham, Oxford, Exeter, the NIHR and Bristol NHS Clinical Commissioning Group. The programme objectives are to design and test new service pathways to cancer diagnosis which are based on sound medical evidence, make efficient use of resources and take full account of patients' views. The programme includes a study of factors influencing patient appraisal of symptoms and associations with cancer diagnosis. Participants in this study have been referred by their general practitioner to hospital for further investigation of symptoms suggestive of pancreatic, lung, or colorectal cancer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 215620 215640 215641 question first answered 27/11/2014 17:15:52 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

156085

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Castes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what representations she has received on the timetable for the amendment of the definition of race to include caste in the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Since July 2013 when the timetable was published, the government has received a number of representations from MPs, Peers, organisations and individuals. These representations have concerned whether the timetable should go ahead as well as the length of time required to implement the various stages it contains. Representations from organisations in particular have included both those in favour of and those opposed to the introduction of legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 13:12:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan