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48814

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
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 his policy is on the continued exclusion of borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority from the definition of risk management authorities in Section 6(13) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Sir John Stanley
uin	196929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All local authorities are risk management authorities under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. No local authorities are excluded from the definition of a risk management authority in the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A ‘borough council' will either be a unitary authority or a district council. As a unitary authority it will be a ‘lead local flood authority', which in turn makes it a ‘risk management authority' in its own right (the same applies to county councils). Where it is not a unitary authority it is a district council, whether known as borough council or city council, and so is also a risk management authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	91 label Biography information for Sir John Stanley

48815

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will name the lead local flood authority or authorities for the area of the Tonbridge and Malling constituency.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Sir John Stanley
uin	196930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Lead Local Flood Authority is Kent County Council. This is defined under section 6(7) of the Flood &amp; Water Management Act 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	91 label Biography information for Sir John Stanley

48816

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to make borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority eligible to apply for flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Sir John Stanley
uin	196931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Borough Councils are already able to bring forward proposals working with the Environment Agency and/or the Lead Local Flood Authorities, should they wish to seek flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	91 label Biography information for Sir John Stanley

48819

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2012, Official Report, column 260W, on China: animal welfare, whether his Department has made representations to the Chinese government on standards of animal welfare in fur farms in China.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	196946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>We have not made specific representations on animal welfare in fur farms. However the UK is supportive of international efforts to protect animal welfare. We hosted a high level international conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in London in February 2014 where the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt hon, Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) spoke to highlight the importance of action on this issue.</p><p>Over 40 countries, including China participated in the conference, during which, we secured significant commitments, including on the ivory trade, on government procurement of wildlife products, and on treating international wildlife trafficking as a serious organised crime. We are following up with China and other participating countries on this issue.</p><p>Following the conference, Chinese authorities have passed a new law making the consumption of rare wild animals an offence punishable by ten-years in prison.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

48823

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
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 an inventory of the property of the Government destroyed by rioters in HM Embassy in Tehran in 2011.
tabling member constituency	Northampton North
tabling member printed	Michael Ellis
uin	196823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Tehran was overrun by a mob on 29 November 2011, resulting in the withdrawal of all Embassy staff. I am placing a list of the property damaged in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis

48848

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the Overseas Domestic Workers Steering Group have been held since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	196824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Overseas Domestic Worker Steering Group no longer meets, therefore there is <br>no current membership. The last meeting was on 19 November 2010.<br><br>The Home Office is carefully considering all the recommendations of the <br>Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Committee's report on the Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 196825 196826 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

48849

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current membership is of the Overseas Domestic Workers Steering Group.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	196825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Overseas Domestic Worker Steering Group no longer meets, therefore there is <br>no current membership. The last meeting was on 19 November 2010.<br><br>The Home Office is carefully considering all the recommendations of the <br>Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Committee's report on the Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 196824 196826 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

48850

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last meeting of the Overseas Domestic Workers Steering Group was held.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	196826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Overseas Domestic Worker Steering Group no longer meets, therefore there is <br>no current membership. The last meeting was on 19 November 2010.<br><br>The Home Office is carefully considering all the recommendations of the <br>Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Committee's report on the Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 196824 196825 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

48855

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received from (a) police and crime commissioners and (b) the UK Border Force on the potential effect of the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products on combating the trade in illicit tobacco.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	196881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date our records show no representations have been made by Border Force and <br>Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

48856

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 effect of the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products on the work of the (a) police and (b) UK Border Force in combating the trade in illicit tobacco.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	196880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The introduction of plain packaging is likely to have a limited impact. Border <br>Force does not target on the basis of brand, rather by identifying goods and <br>people that are known to, or may, represent a risk to the UK using analysis and <br>intelligence based risk indicators to inform intervention at the earliest and <br>most appropriate opportunity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley