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1124756

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date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve support and treatment for people with a gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	910735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>We want to reduce gambling-related harm, protect the vulnerable and make sure that those experiencing problems are getting the help they need. The NHS Long Term Plan set out our commitment to invest in expanding National Health Service specialist clinics to help more people with serious gambling problems.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1124763

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to secure the long-term future of the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	910734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>We are increasing the National Health Service budget by £33.9 billion in cash terms over the next five years. This major investment will support the NHS to continue to deliver world class care. The NHS Long Term Plan has set out a vision for the NHS, ensuring that every penny is well spent.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/05/2019 16:19:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1124856

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Torture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a judge-led inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in torture overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL15531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the Prime Minister’s Written Statement of 22 November 2018 (HCWS1100), the Government continues to give serious consideration to the examination of detainee issues and whether any more lessons can be learned and, if so, how. This includes the question of whether or not there should be a further judge-led inquiry.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/05/2019 14:28:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1124927

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process is for the suspension of the use of EC6/UC1 in certain circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	251330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 require EU citizens to provide a declaration before they can vote. These Regulations were made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and implement Council Directive 93/109/EC which lays down the arrangements for EU citizens to vote and stand as candidates in another Member State. This is a requirement under EU law which is intended to prevent double voting across the EU.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/05/2019 12:57:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1124939

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to undertake a further investigation into the safety of Whirlpool tumble dryers.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	251339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Office for Product Safety and Standards met senior Whirlpool officials in Birmingham on 2nd May to discuss their response to the requirements placed upon them by OPSS following the review of Whirlpool’s tumble dryer modification programme. He advised them on steps necessary to fulfil their obligations. The investigation remains on-going as Whirlpool address these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:26:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1124940

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Trading Standards: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent trends in the level of local authority funding on the ability of trading standards bodies to enforce product safety measures.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	251340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Government identified the need for national leadership and co-ordination of the product safety system and established the Office for Product Safety and Standards in January 2018 to fulfil this role. The Office has built capability to lead on scientific and technical issues, including commissioning a research programme; set up arrangements to deal with national product safety incidents; and formed a trading standards co-ordination unit to support the work that Local Authorities carry out on product safety in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p>We value the important role that Local Authority Trading Standards carry out in enforcing product safety measures, protecting consumers and providing advice to businesses at a local level. Local Authorities are independent from central government and are responsible for their own finances and funding decisions, accountable to their local electorates. As part of its support for Local Authority Trading Standards, OPSS has made available £500,000 per annum to Local Authorities for product safety testing, trained over 650 trading standards staff from 211 Local Authorities and provided scientific and technical support in responding to incidents to increase their capability on product safety regulation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:49 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1124941

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of age-verification check databases.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	251217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>All providers of age verification (AV) services must comply with data protection laws. In addition, ahead of the introduction of mandatory age verification on online pornography sites, the regulator, the British Board for Film Classifcation, has created a voluntary certification scheme, the Age-verification Certificate (AVC), which will assess the data security standards of AV providers. Age verification solutions which offer these robust data protection conditions will be certified following an independent assessment and will carry the BBFC's new green 'AV' symbol. Details will also be published on the BBFC’s age-verification website, ageverificationregulator.com.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/05/2019 11:35:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124947

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 232503 on Taxis: Licensing, what the timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	251220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Government will bring forward legislation in respect of the commitments made in the response to the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing when time allows.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/05/2019 11:24:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1124948

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 240585 on Taxis: Licensing, what the timeframe is for his Department to bring forward legislative proposals on restricting cross-border hiring by private hire drivers.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	251221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Government is considering how any restriction of out-of-area journeys by taxis and private hire vehicles proposed by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group might work in practice, with a view to legislating.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/05/2019 11:21:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1124950

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the recommendation made by the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Licensing and in response to the representations made by the Mayor of (a) London and (b) Greater Manchester, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling (i) towns and (ii) cities to cap the number of private hire vehicles operating in an area.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	251223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s position on enabling the restriction of private hire vehicles was set-out in the response to the report by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group; that powers already available to local authorities should be used to address air quality and congestion concerns.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/05/2019 11:18:24 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes