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390285

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date	15/07/2015
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	Plants: Allergies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of plants that can cause severe allergic reactions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>Defra already provides focussed information on certain plants which can cause severe allergic reactions. For example, information on the dangers of Giant Hogweed can be found on the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?pageid=152" target="_blank">http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?pageid=152</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, for ragwort, a native plant that can in specific circumstances be toxic to grazing livestock, Defra has worked with the British Horse Society in increasing awareness that draws on our published Code of Practice on the management of ragwort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/07/2015 13:50:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390286

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Waste Disposal: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of waste dumped illegally in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Fly-tipping is blight on both rural and urban areas, and can cause pollution and harm to public health and wildlife. It undermines legitimate waste businesses where unscrupulous operators undercut those that operate within the law and is a drain on Local Authorities that clear it up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tackling fly-tipping is a priority for the Government. We announced in our manifesto that we will be giving councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping as well as reviewing the existing fixed penalty notices for littering. These steps will build on other Government action, which include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a) cracking down on offenders by working with the Sentencing Council on its guideline for sentencing for environmental offences, which came into force on 1 July last year;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>c) working in partnership with others through the Defra chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) to prevent and tackle illegal dumping. The NFTPG includes representatives from central and local Government, enforcement authorities, the waste industry, private landowners and the National Rural Crime Network. The NFTPG has published a Fly-tipping Partnership Framework outlining best practice for the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipping to be adapted to suit local circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 16:26:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390287

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Wild Boar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the level of the wild boar population is controlled.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government and its partner organisations, such as the Deer Initiative, facilitate boar management by providing advice and guidance. The responsibility for carrying out the management of wild boar, as with other wildlife, lies with local communities and individual landowners and managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 14:05:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390289

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Birds: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of small songbirds in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Songbird data extracted from published Defra wild bird indicators provide an index of change for farmland, woodland and wetland songbirds. These groups have shown a decline in relative abundance over time however, these declines need to be interpreted carefully because data before 1995 is less reliable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For farmland and wetland songbirds the index shows a substantial decline between the 1970s and the early 1990s. However, since then there has been little or no overall change (although some individual species have continued to decline). For woodland songbirds the index shows a longer period of decline although there has been little overall change in recent years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A study published in 2012[1] described the first evidence of landscape scale benefits of Environmental Stewardship for farmland birds. The results showed strong correlative evidence for positive effects of management for a number of seed-eating species such as the linnet, reed bunting and yellowhammer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Baker, D. J., Freeman, S. N., Grice, P. V. and Siriwardena, G. M. (2012), Landscape-scale responses of birds to agri-environment management: a test of the English Environmental Stewardship scheme. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, 871-882</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 13:25:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390300

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Romania: Corruption
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 his Department has had with the government of Romania on tackling corruption in the business sector of that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK closely monitors the implementation of Romania’s National Anticorruption Strategy which covers tackling corruption in the business sector. The UK has provided financial assistance to the Centre for Legal Resources to research ethics and compliance in the Romanian business sector, some of the results of which were subsequently included in Romania’s National Anticorruption Strategy.</p><p>In April 2015 the British and American Chambers of Commerce in Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Justice organised a conference on business integrity, bringing together Government, businesses, non-governmental organisations and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development representatives to discuss the most effective ways to improve integrity of businesses in Romania.</p><p>During his visit to Romania in January 2015, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), met President Klaus Iohannis and set out the important work Romania needed to take on tackling corruption, improving predictability of legislation and the positive impact this would have on Romania’s business environment.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/07/2015 15:12:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390356

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with local health authorities on reducing the level of waste in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We have interpreted ‘waste in hospitals’ to mean clinical, food and general waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial meetings with national and local National Health Service organisations occur on a regular basis and a wide range of issues are discussed. These discussions may have included waste in hospitals but it is difficult to identify when such specific discussions on this topic occurred.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/07/2015 15:48:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390357

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Glaucoma: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with the Royal Colleges on the provision of treatment for glaucoma using hypodermic needles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between the Department and the Royal Colleges about the provision of treatment for glaucoma using hypodermic needles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of secondary care services to meet the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 13:33:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390358

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Migraines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have suffered from migraine in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of people diagnosed as suffering from migraine on an annual basis is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline, <em>Headaches: Diagnosis and management of headaches in young people and adults</em>, published in 2012, sets out best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment and support of people who suffer from headaches. The guideline includes specific information on the management of migraines, such as the prescribing of appropriate pain-relief medication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/07/2015 11:22:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390359

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Young People
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 number of (a) men and (b) women aged 18 to 25 who have eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The data requested are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (2007) found 6.1% of males and 20.3% of females aged 16-24 who responded to the survey screened positively for an eating disorder. The Survey does not translate these data to national estimates on the prevalence of eating disorders in adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 15:32:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390362

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the incidence of screening for breast cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>In England, Public Health England is working with NHS England to develop a system of performance improvement through the use of performance floors, and strengthened governance for screening. The aims of the performance floors are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Improving performance and equity of service over time by reducing the range of variation at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>- Enabling easy identification of poor performance and the setting of objectives and plans for local action, to reduce variation and improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The breast screening age extension randomisation trial began in 2008 and is investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of extending the programme to women aged 47-49 and 71-73. Over two million women have been randomised as part of the trial so far, and we expect that the trial to report in the early 2020s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/07/2015 11:16:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon