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61569

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Law Officers' Departments in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 15:47:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61754

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
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 benefit of introducing a compulsory retirement programme for animals used in laboratories and scientific experiments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	200559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>European Directive 2010/63/EU which was implemented in the UK and other Member States on 1 January 2013 provides Member States with discretion to allow re-homing schemes. It also requires that where Member States have allowed re-homing, they will also ensure that a re-homing scheme is in place that ensures the socialisation of the animal. <br><br>The Directive permits Member States to go beyond the requirements of the Directive, on the basis of animal welfare, only where the provisions were already in place in November 2010. The Directive does not provide legal grounds on which the UK can impose such a mandatory obligation of re-homing as part of licensing. <br><br>The UK legislation allows re-homing. The requirements are provided for in licence conditions and by virtue of section 17A of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. <br><br>On our acceptance of certain reassurances, relating to section 17A of the 1986 Act, authority may be given to re-home animals being held at an establishment. This applies to those animals that were bred or held for supply for use in regulated procedures, were intended for use in regulated procedures, or have been used in regulated procedures and are being kept alive under the care of the Named Veterinary Surgeon. This authority would relate to individually identified animals and records would be held at the establishment to confirm that such animals had been re-homed.<br><br>Consideration is normally given to the release of animals from the controls of the Act if there is no scientific requirement for them to be humanely killed at the end of the procedures. Some animals are not released if veterinary advice indicates that they may not remain in good health, or that their temperament would not be suited to such an environment.<br><br>Comprehensive guidance on setting free and re-homing is given in section 5.21 in the Guidance on the Operation of the 1986 Act. The Home Office intends to provide further advice about the re-homing of laboratory animals from licensed establishments where there are provisions in the legislation. Animals which have been born into, and lived all their lives under, laboratory conditions may not be able to adapt to a different lifestyle and may be very distressed by such change. There must be provision for careful individual assessment as well as a structured socialisation programme to ensure that re-homing is in the best interests of the individual animal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/06/2014 16:23:09 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

61756

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) horses were released from laboratories, returned and re-homed under the European Directive 2010/63/EU in the UK in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement on its success.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	200560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold records of animals released from laboratories, returned and re-homed, under the European Directive 2010/63/EU, on its files. <br>Records are kept locally at the licensed establishment to be made available to Home Office Inspectors on request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/06/2014 16:44:59 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

61757

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
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 prevalence and effect of the sale of so-called legal highs (a) online and (b) in shops.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	200545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government monitors the prevalence of use of particular new psychoactive substances through the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The latest results of the crime <br>survey can be found here:<br>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-decembe<br>r-2013/stb-crime-stats-dec-2013.html <br><br>New questions have been included in the 2014/15 Crime Survey, to capture the use of a wider range of new psychoactive substances than was previously the case. <br><br>The Home Office is currently undertaking a six month review led by an expert panel to look at how the UK's legislative, educational and health response to new psychoactive substances can be enhanced. It is anticipated that the panel will report their recommendations to Home Office Ministers before summer recess.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/06/2014 16:40:08 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 1278 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

61758

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2013, Official Report, columns 419-20W, on animals: experiments, when the Animals in Science Committee will publish its review of the Home Office inspectorate's report and Imperial College's independent report on the investigation into animal experiments at Imperial College, London; and when this report will be placed in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	200535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A draft of the report will be presented to the Animals in Science Committee for discussion and agreement on 23 June 2014. Subject to any amendments that the Committee may require, it is expected that the report will be published shortly thereafter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/06/2014 16:42:37 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

61772

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that convictions are brought for possession of large quantities of illegal drugs.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	200346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Action to restrict drug supply, including the investigation of drug offences and enabling the prosecution of those responsible, is a priority for law enforcement and other regulatory agencies. It is important that the courts are able to consider all the circumstances of any offence and offender which is why law enforcement agencies work closely with their prosecutors to provide the courts with the best evidence of an offence, presented in the most effective way.<br><br>In addition to prosecution, law enforcement agencies and the Criminal Justice System in the UK have at their discretion a number of disposals available to deal with drug-related offenders, including referral for drug treatment. This ensures that a robust and proportionate enforcement approach can be taken, which gives due regard to the public interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/06/2014 16:28:08 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

61796

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what visits each of the Ministers in his Office have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>In February 2013, I visited the Scottish Parliament to examine Parliamentary procedures and practices.</p><p>In May 2013, the Deputy Leader of the House and I undertook an overseas visit to the European Institutions in Brussels. This visit provided an opportunity to consider and promote the role of national parliaments, including the House of Commons, in the processes of European legislation.</p><p>In December 2013, the Deputy Leader of the House visited Northern Ireland to engage with various Northern Irish charities and campaign groups on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.</p><p>In February 2014, I and the Deputy Leader of the House visited the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff to examine Parliamentary procedures and the work of the Petitions Committee.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Andrew Lansley question first answered 16/06/2014 15:24:30 answering member 123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61821

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 16/06/2014 13:34:55 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61302

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which GP practices have been identified by NHS England as potentially losing more than £3 per patient in 2014-15 following the withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	200213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has published an anonymised list of ‘outliers' which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gp-gms-practices.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Because the information is commercially sensitive, details that could identify individual practices have not been released.</p><p> </p><p>The Minimum Practice Income Guarantee is being phased out over a period of seven years because it is inequitable, and the money released will be reinvested into basic payments made to all General Medical Services practices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England is supporting the most affected practices.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/06/2014 13:40:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

61303

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of being able to access a GP appointment within 48 hours on levels of patient satisfaction.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	200214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Overall patient satisfaction is driven by a range of factors, including accessing a general practitioner (GP) appointment at a convenient time, ability to see a preferred GP and the quality of the conversation with the GP.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of timely access to general practice. The PM Challenge Fund has allocated £50 million to pilot ways to improve access around the country, to give GPs the flexibility to meet the needs of the local population.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the new GP contract introduced a new Enhanced Service, which includes a commitment to same day phone consultations with a professional in the GP surgery, where necessary, for the most at risk in the population.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/06/2014 13:27:12 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne