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99842

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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
hansard heading	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the North Korean Ambassador to the UK on the North Korean government's acceptance of the recommendations of its recent Universal Periodic Review.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	211098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers have had no substantive meetings with the North Korean Ambassador to the UK since the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in May 2014, although senior FCO officials have met with the Ambassador to discuss a range of subjects. Following the adoption of the DPRK’s Universal Periodic Review report in September 2014 the United Kingdom issued a statement via our Mission in Geneva welcoming the DPRK’s engagement. We urged the DPRK to fulfil the commitment it made to respond to the 185 recommendations which it agreed to examine, and to take concrete steps to implement all the UPR recommendations. It remains of serious concern that 83 UPR recommendations did not enjoy the support of the DPRK, particularly those related to the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry, co-operation with the Special Rapporteur, the treatment of political prisoners and closure of political prison camps.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/10/2014 16:07:03 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

99844

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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
hansard heading	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK manufacturing products are not used as components in North Korean produced weapons.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	211097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>North Korea is currently subject to sanctions imposed by the UN and EU. These measures include an asset freeze, travel ban and an extensive embargo which prohibits the export of arms, dual-use goods, and luxury goods and imposes restrictions on the export of other listed items which could contribute to nuclear or ballistic missile programmes. All export licence applications are assessed against the consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, considering the prevailing circumstances at the time of the application, including the capabilities of the equipment, and the end user. A licence would not be granted if to do so would be a breach of our international obligations or we assessed there was an unacceptable risk of diversion to a WMD programme or to a military programme in an embargoed destination. However, it is impossible to completely prevent non-listed items manufactured in the UK being used in North Korean produced weapons, for example if items are legitimately exported from the UK to third countries but are subsequently sold to entities in the DPRK. For this reason the UK is also active in encouraging other countries to enforce DPRK sanctions more effectively. HMRC works together with Border Force to enforce export controls and trade sanctions and they have a range of powers available to prevent illicit exports. Enforcing sanctions is a high priority.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/10/2014 14:56:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93576

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to cease distributing guidance that gender selective abortion is not illegal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210748 210750 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:29:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93577

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has requested that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service alter its guidance that gender-selective abortion is not illegal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210748 210749 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:29:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93578

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the commissioning by government departments of services from organisations which advise that gender abortion is not illegal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210749 210750 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:29:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93255

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Congenital Abnormalities: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) accepted or (b) refused foetal anomaly screening in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme offers screening to all pregnant women in England to assess the risk of the baby being born with Down’s syndrome or a number of fetal anomalies (structural abnormalities with how the fetus has developed).</p><p> </p><p>There is no current systematic collation of data at a national level of the uptake of screening for either Down’s syndrome or the 18<sup>+0</sup>-20<sup>+6</sup> week (18-21 week) fetal anomaly scan.</p><p> </p><p>The Down’s syndrome screening quality support service (DQASS) can provide data on the number of completed screening test that were undertaken for Down’s syndrome in the last five years and these are presented in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>First trimester tests</p></td><td><p>Second trimester tests</p></td><td><p>Integrated</p><p>tests</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>120,122</p></td><td><p>185,606</p></td><td><p>7,049</p></td><td><p>312,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>212,331</p></td><td><p>219,917</p></td><td><p>8,550</p></td><td><p>440,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>271,977</p></td><td><p>191,516</p></td><td><p>3,616</p></td><td><p>467,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>441,355</p></td><td><p>120,094</p></td><td><p>3,996</p></td><td><p>565,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>455,995</p></td><td><p>100,371</p></td><td><p>3,796</p></td><td><p>560,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>468,172</p></td><td><p>89,959</p></td><td><p>2,892</p></td><td><p>561,023</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/10/2014 15:02:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93259

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on reporting to the police for investigation evidence of incomplete abortion notification (HSA4) forms held by his Department; and what his policy is on the period of time that may elapse between receiving an incomplete HSA4 form and the full completion of that form before referring both the form and the registered medical practitioner to the relevant authorities in accordance with section 2(3) of the Abortion Act 1967.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Incorrect or incomplete HSA4 abortion notification forms are returned to the terminating practitioner until such information is corrected or completed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department issued guidance in May this year to help clinicians comply with the requirements of the Abortion Act, including their obligations with regard to the notification and completion of HSA4 forms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 14:59:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93276

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to lay before the House regulations permitting mitochondrial replacement techniques.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Following the publication on 22 July of the Government’s response to the consultation about the draft regulations to allow mitochondrial donation, the Government has been giving further consideration to the recommendations of the Expert Panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), refining the draft regulations to take account of changes identified during the consultation, and discussing with the HFEA an appropriate approval process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers will update Parliament on the Government’s intentions shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 15:30:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93718

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Arts: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his department is taking to support theatre and the arts in the provinces.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	905477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Funding decisions for the arts are made independently of Ministers by Arts Council England. Earlier this year the Arts Council announced an increase in the proportion of spend on regional arts and major partner museums and the Government is committed to achieving a better balance from public funding and Lottery investment across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/10/2014 16:17:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

91020

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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
hansard heading	North Korea: 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, whether the Government has requested the EU to implement targeted sanctions against people and organisations named in the UN Commission of Inquiry report on North Korea as being responsible for human rights violations in North Korea; and if he will discuss with his ministerial colleagues implementing sanctions in the event that the EU does not do so.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	208489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>We meet regularly with other EU member states to discuss how we can collectively press for substantial change in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). In June, I personally met representatives from the EU, France, United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea to discuss ways in which accountability toward the DPRK can be improved. An EU imposed targeted sanctions regime against individuals and organisations named in the UN Commission of Inquiry report has not been requested as it is not clear this will lead to improvements in the human rights situation. However, the UK will continue to work closely with the EU and other partners to ensure focus is maintained on improving the human rights situation in the DPRK. We intend to work for a strong, well supported resolution in the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 13/10/2014 14:22:04 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce