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388198

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date	07/07/2015
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	Livestock: MRSA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth of 18 June 2015, Official Report, column 445, what the evidential basis is for the statement that livestock-associated MRSA does not cross to the human population; and what assessment her Department has made of evidence that MRSA ST398 can and does pass from pigs to humans, causing serious infections and fatalities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	5999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The most common type of LA-MRSA in Europe belongs to clonal complex 398 (CC398). MRSA CC398 is less virulent and transmissible compared to other strains and is unlikely to pass from person to person and become endemic in the human population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However studies from various countries in continental Europe have demonstrated that in limited circumstances it is possible for MRSA CC398 to be transmitted from animals to people. This tends to be constrained to those who have regular contact with livestock that are carrying the bacteria, in particular pigs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2015 16:53:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

388224

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Burma: 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, what reports the Government has received on human rights violations by the Burmese Army in Kachin state, Burma; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	6046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We receive regular media reports of continued heavy fighting in Kachin State. This includes reports of an escalation of violence in June, involving clashes in the vicinity of Hpakant. It is difficult to independently verify these reports owing to a lack of access to conflict affected areas, but a DFID team visited from 8-11 June to assess the effect of conflict on the civilian population, including on the over 100,000 displaced people currently living in camps. <br><br>We remain very concerned that the continued conflict sustains an environment where human rights violations, including the sexual abuse of women caught up in the conflict, can and do occur, as was starkly demonstrated by the terrible case of the two teachers raped and killed in January this year in neighbouring Shan State. We have made clear to the government of Burma that any allegations of human rights abuses must be dealt with through a clear, independent and transparent investigative and prosecutorial process that meets international standards.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 13/07/2015 15:42:51 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

388225

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Rohingya: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has held with the ethnic Rohingya community in the UK regarding the Rhoingya refugee crisis.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	6047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>I have not met the Burmese Rohingya community in the UK since the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea humanitarian crisis emerged in May. However, our officials met a senior Burmese Muslim representative in London in June to discuss the crisis, and I called in the Burmese Ambassador to raise my concerns. Previously I have met many Burmese groups, including community and religious leaders from within the Rohingya community, both in the UK and during my visits to Burma.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:13:52 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

388226

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Burma: Political Prisoners
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 the Government is taking to secure the release of all political prisoners in Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	6048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the release of thousands of political prisoners under the current Burmese government. However, we remain concerned by the continued arrests, detentions and sentencing of political activists, with an estimated minimum of 150 remaining behind bars at the end of May 2015, and a further 450 awaiting trial following arrests throughout 2014 and early 2015. <br><br>Officials from our Embassy in Rangoon meet regularly with civil society on this issue, and we continue to raise our concerns with the government of Burma at the highest levels. Most recently, the then Minister of State at the Home Office, Lynne Featherstone, raised this issue directly with Minister for the President’s Office, U Soe Thein, during her visit to Burma in January. We continue to lobby on individual cases. We also raise our concerns publicly in our Annual Report on Human Rights and in multilateral fora such as the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, where the UK co-sponsored a Resolution in March that called for the unconditional release of all political prisoners.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:16:54 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

386669

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3673, how many (a) businesses and (b) products sold in the UK used artificial trans-fats in (i) 2012 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	4925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 16:02:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

386689

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3672, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the population whose trans-fat intake exceeds two per cent of food energy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	4923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The most recent National Diet and Nutrition Survey indicates that very few adults and children (less than 2.5% of the survey sample) have a trans fat intake that exceeds the recommended maximum of 2% of food energy. Available analysis shows that trans fat intake at the upper 2.5<sup>th</sup> percentile of the distribution of intakes was 1.3-1.5% of food energy for adults and 1.1-1.2% of food energy for children, well below the 2% maximum recommendation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 13:31:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

384887

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Licensed Premises: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance set out in National Planning Policy Guidance, paragraph 006 ID 30-006-20141224, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes introduced in December 2014 to that guidance on the ability of long-standing entertainment venues to ensure that new developments in their vicinity undertake appropriate sound mitigation measures.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	3922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>National guidance is clear that the potential effect of a new residential development being located close to an existing business giving rise to noise should be carefully considered.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/07/2015 15:55:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

385004

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the voluntary reduction in trans-fats in food since 2012; and if he will bring forward proposals to ban trans-fats in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	3673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Under the voluntary partnership with industry, 90 businesses committed to the non-use of artificial trans fats and 11 businesses committed to the removal of artificial trans fats. Population intakes of trans fats remain well within recommended levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Government develops its priorities, we will continue to ensure that we collectively make the greatest impact on diets and public health. A total ban on trans fats is not appropriate because they can be found naturally, at low levels, in some foods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/06/2015 16:04:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

385006

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of trans-fats consumption on public health.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	3672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>In 2007, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition examined the scientific evidence on trans fats and health. The Committee endorsed the recommendation, made in 1994, that the average trans fat intake of the population should not exceed 2% of food energy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent National Diet and Nutrition Survey indicates that the United Kingdom’s current average trans fat intakes are about 0.7 - 0.8% of food energy for children and adults.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/06/2015 16:08:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

383862

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government will be taking in the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long-term to achieve the G7's goal of decarbonising the global economy by the end of this century.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	3247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing our world. It is not just a threat to the environment. It is also a threat to national and global security, poverty eradication and economic prosperity.</p><p>In their June statement G7 Leaders recognised that the science is clear, that we need to hold the increase in average global temperature to below 2 degrees C, and that the world therefore needs deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions, to transform energy sectors and to advance decarbonisation of the global economy over the course of this century.</p><p>The UK is doing its part. We were the first country to put in place a legally binding long-term target, and we have established five year carbon budgets for reducing emissions into the late 2020s. We met our first carbon budget last year, and according to our latest projections we are on track to meet the next two carbon budgets.<br> <br> All others also need to do their fair share too, which is why UK is working to influence other countries to take action, to secure a new global in Paris and by providing assistance to those developing countries who need it to reduce their emissions, especially the poorest and most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2015 15:19:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy