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622734

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which governments of non-EU countries he has discussed future trade agreements since his Department was created.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	50688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We will take advantage of all the opportunities available to us to ensure that Britain becomes the global leader in free trade once we leave the EU. As the Prime Minister has recently said, countries including Canada, China, India, Mexico, Singapore and South Korea have already told us they would welcome talks on future free trade agreements. And we have already agreed to start scoping discussions on trade agreements with Australia. More recently, my Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade announced the establishment of a UK-New Zealand trade policy dialogue that will cover market access and trade policy issues of mutual interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 04/11/2016 13:40:24 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

622487

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Tomatoes: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the research by Professor Graham Seymour into controlling the softening of the tomato fruit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL2808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>We welcome Professor Graham Seymour’s research project and my officials will be writing to him shortly to invite him to present his results to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/11/2016 16:19:38 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

622589

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	China: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	50854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>We understand the next EU/China Human Rights Dialogue will be held before the end of the year. Our assessment is that the EU/China Dialogue, like our bilateral dialogue, is a valuable opportunity to share the full range of human rights concerns with China in a frank manner.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2016 16:08:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

622651

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult on regulations to be made under section 95A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 as inserted by Schedule 11 of the Immigration Act 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	50722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We plan to consult local government, non-governmental organisations and other partners on the regulations to be made under section 95A, concerning support for failed asylum seekers who face a genuine obstacle to their departure from the UK at the point their appeal rights are exhausted.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/11/2016 17:13:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

622484

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Occupied Territories: Land
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made, or intend to make, to the government of Israel about reports of 1,500 dunams of Palestinian land being illegally cultivated by Israelis from the moshav of Mateh Yehuda near Latrun and the settlement of Mevo Horon.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We have not made any representations to the Israeli authorities over this specific issue. The UK Government continues to argue for a just outcome for all the people affected by illegal settlement construction and the confiscation of land due to the Separation Barrier.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/11/2016 12:20:21 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

622521

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Motor Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the economic contribution of speedway to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	50686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We have no made assessment of the economic impact of speedway, but recognise it as an important part of the domestic motorsports sector, which not only contributes economically, but entertains spectators, and is enjoyed by over 20000 participants a week.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/11/2016 13:17:41 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

622731

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the evidence used to inform the conclusion in the Hinkley Point C Value for Money Assessment that the same capacity of onshore wind and solar would require significant upgrades to the grid and increase the costs of keeping the system in balance.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	50622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We expect to publish the update of our evidence on the levelised costs of electricity generation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2016 12:36:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

622606

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to publish a third annual suicide prevention report.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	50776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>We expect to publish the third annual progress report of the cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy in due course.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 02/11/2016 14:13:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

622664

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to counter threats of rape and sexual violence made through (a) social media networks, (b) Whatsapp and (c) Twitter.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	50787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We expect social media companies, and internet platforms, to have robust processes in place and to act promptly when abuse, including threats of rape and sexual violence, is reported. The Government continues to work closely with social media companies and other relevant actors and experts to make sure they are committed to protecting those who use their platforms.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Act 2015 strengthened two existing communications offences: section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988, and section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 which can now be used to prosecute misuse of social media. The police now have longer to investigate either offence, and the maximum penalty for the former has been increased to two years imprisonment.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has published guidance to prosecutors this month on crimes involving social media, with a specific focus on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) offences. This includes guidance that communications that contain images or videos of women with very serious injuries, or of women being raped, or of women being subjected to sadistic acts of violence, accompanied by text that suggests that such assaults / rape / acts are acceptable or desirable may well be considered grossly offensive and prosecuted either under section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 or under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.</p><p>The Home Office has allocated £4.6m of the Police Transformation Fund specifically to begin the critical work of setting up a comprehensive and joined up programme of digital transformation across policing. This money will help provide a step-change in digital capability, including a Digital Investigation and Intelligence (DII) programme, which will build police capability in relation to the skills and technology required to respond to the full range of digital crime types.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/11/2016 16:12:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

622716

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessmenthis Department has made of the suitability of (a) phones and (b) laptops for use by claimants wishing to take an audio recording of a personal independence payment assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	50667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We do not permit claimants to record their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments using certain devices, including phones and laptops, due to concerns about the broadcasting and editing capabilities of such devices. These are specifically the risk posed to the privacy of Health Professionals from publication of assessments, and the possibility that recordings might be altered.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are permitted to use any equipment which meets the requirements set out. The Department has not made an assessment of the cost of purchasing that equipment.</p><p> </p><p>PIP assessment policy, as with all PIP policy, undergoes continuous review and we continue to identify improvements where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 50721 question first answered 04/11/2016 14:34:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch