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421784

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has made any assessment of the suitability of different dates for the forthcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	12046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission is pleased that the European Union Referendum Bill has been amended to ensure that polling day for the referendum will not be held on the same day as scheduled elections in May 2016 or May 2017. It is important that any debate about the UK’s membership of the European Union takes place at a time that allows the full participation of voters and campaigners, uncomplicated by competing messages and activity relating to other scheduled elections.</p><p>The Commission will continue to consider the operational implications of holding a referendum on any other date before 31 December 2017, and will publish its advice to Parliament on any regulations which specify the day on which the referendum is to be held.</p><p>To inform their planning, the Electoral Commission has also highlighted to Government officials that any date for the referendum that is close to scheduled elections could lead to problems for voters and campaigners because of overlapping timetables for the polls. For example, a referendum held very shortly after elections might require postal votes to be despatched before polling day for the earlier elections.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/10/2015 10:27:18 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

421321

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Living Wage: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are employed in jobs paying less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	11984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 19/10/2015 11:05:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 11984 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Employment
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

421365

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Animal Feed
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 progress her Department is making on research on the production of diverse forage mixtures to optimise animal production.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	11790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Innovate UK, Defra and BBSRC are co-funding the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform (SAFIP), worth £90 million over five years with match funding by industry. There are a number of projects funded under SAFIP on the development of alternative and diverse forages to optimise the sustainability of animal production in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2015 10:41:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

421367

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 recent assessment she has made of the incidence of bovine TB on farms situated in trial badger cull areas.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	12013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>On 28 August 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Agency published a report of the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in 2013-14 in the areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire exposed to the first year of industry-led badger culling. The report is annexed to the Bovine TB Surveillance Report for England 2014, which is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/bovine-tb-surveillance-in-great-britain-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/bovine-tb-surveillance-in-great-britain-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/10/2015 12:32:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

421368

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Schools: Water Charges
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 she has made of the reasons for the difference between the water and sewerage charge per pupil in Lancashire and Kent; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	11940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Water and sewerage charges are set by water companies in line with the overall cap set by Ofwat on the amount that each water company may recover from their customers.</p><p>Water company charges vary across regions to reflect the cost of collecting or abstracting water and treating it to meet water quality standards; building and maintaining pipes to deliver water, remove sewerage and surface water; and treating sewerage to meet environmental standards. Due to the variations in demography and geography these processes and costs vary greatly by region.</p><p>Water charges include a surface water charge to cover the costs of removing and treating rainwater that drains away to public sewers. Some water companies share these costs equally across all their customers; four companies charge their non-household customers according to property size. Charging by this method better reflects the amount of rainwater draining into the public sewer.</p><p>The Government recognised that charging in this way can have a particular impact on community groups with property covering a large site-area and, in 2010, issued guidance to Ofwat and water companies on developing concessionary schemes for these groups. Our recent consultation on draft charging guidance to Ofwat recognised that concerns have subsequently been raised about the impact of site area charging on other groups, including schools. It recognised the importance of organisations taking a more sustainable approach to drainage, but said that area based charging should result in a recognisable benefit to customers as a whole and should not have an unduly negative impact on organisations that provide a wider benefit to society. We are currently considering the responses to this consultation, and whether we should review the guidance on concessionary schemes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2015 12:25:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

421478

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Bicycles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provision of bike racks on buses on the number of people using public transport.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	11881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is keen to promote cycling, and I am aware that bike racks on buses are commonplace in some countries. Whilst we have not conducted any assessments on their role in increasing overall bus patronage, I would encourage bus operators to consider fitting such equipment where it is safe and legal to do so.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 11:42:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

421479

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the use of trams to increase low-carbon travel.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	11875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>In the right circumstances, this Government supports light rail and other types of urban transit. They can play an important role in our local transport networks, help reduce congestion, reduce carbon emissions and increase low carbon travel. Introducing a light rail system is a local matter for the relevant local authority and Local Economic Partnership to consider based on their needs and funding priorities.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 11:38:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

421482

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8870, whether the new life chances measures will monitor households where an adult is in work; and what steps he plans to take to measure the effects of welfare changes on child poverty for children in working households with low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	11922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children.</p><br /><p>We are clear that the existing low-income measures do not drive the right action to tackle the root causes of child poverty. They simply deal with the symptoms.</p><br /><p>We are now setting out a new way to drive effective action and make a real difference in the lives of disadvantaged children. Our proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill introduce new statutory measures of worklessness and educational attainment. For the first time, we are ensuring through legislation that Government action will be focused on these areas, where the evidence tells us we can make the biggest difference for our children – now and in the future.</p><br /><p>These measures will be reported annually, which means progress will be clearly visible for all to see. My Department will also continue to publish low-income statistics as part of the ‘Households Below Average Income’ publication.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/10/2015 11:46:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

420919

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 18 September (HL2210), whether they can confirm that the government of the Republic of Ireland has not had representatives at any discussions other than those allowed by the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The involvement of the Irish Government in cross-party talks is in accordance with the established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. A commitment always to uphold the three-stranded approach was also contained in the Government’s Northern Ireland manifesto at the General Election.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 19/10/2015 11:15:02 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

420923

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Oral Statement by the Prime Minister on 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 26, on what dates he was consulted on the legal basis for drone strikes in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	11558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the questions from the Hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion on the 12<sup>th</sup> of October 2015: (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-16/10466/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-16/10466/</a>)</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/10/2015 11:01:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara