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389583

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of children who are partaking in 60 minutes of daily exercise.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	6769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 2 July, Public Heath England launched the “Change4Life” 10 Minute Shake Up campaign with Disney. This aims to inspire the nation's children to get moving and help them achieve the recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also funds the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools and School Games with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education to encourage more children and young people to become active.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2015 15:58:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

388203

registered interest
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	Whales: Japan
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 steps the Government is taking in addition to its work at the International Whaling Commission to discourage Japan from resuming Antarctic whaling.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government raises its opposition to Japan’s whaling under special permit for ‘scientific purposes’ at every appropriate opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Most recently, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) reiterated the Government’s concerns in relation to Japan’s proposal to resume whaling in the Antarctic at a meeting with the Japanese Commissioner to the IWC in May 2015, and officials from the Japanese Embassy in March 2015. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Japan and I, as the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment, have also both written to the Japanese Government on this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Also quite recently, at the meeting of the Scientific Committee, which advises the IWC, members of the UK’s scientific delegation were proactively involved in discussions surrounding the validity of Japan’s proposed Antarctic Whaling Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2015 13:48:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

388208

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	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Spanish Government on the most recent incursion into Gibraltar waters by a Spanish vessel.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The unlawful incursion by a Spanish State research vessel into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters on 3 July - during which its probe struck a Royal Navy vessel - was unacceptable. We protested immediately to the Spanish government at a senior level. It is fortunate that no-one was hurt and no serious damage was done.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/07/2015 16:38:13 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

386311

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost under each cost heading was of the Hallett Review into On The Runs.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	4688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The total cost of the Hallett Review was £509,417. Expenditure is broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair</p></td><td><p>69,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal and specialist</p></td><td><p>265,486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>40,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel and accommodation</p></td><td><p>9,504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IT and comms.</p></td><td><p>45,602</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin.</p></td><td><p>1,941</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Publication</p></td><td><p>77,128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>509,417</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 06/07/2015 14:32:28 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348265

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	China: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese government on the promotion of Christianity in China.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Freedom of religion or belief is a human rights priority anchored in the Government’s manifesto. We regularly urge governments around the world to protect the right of all individuals, including Christians, to practise their religion or belief free from persecution or discrimination. <br><br>We remain concerned by all restrictions to freedom of religion or belief in China, including restrictions against Christianity. We are aware of reports that some church members have been harassed or detained, and that a number of churches in Zhejiang Province in particular have been forced to remove their crosses, close or be destroyed. <br><br>We raised these, and our broad range of concerns around religious freedom, directly with Chinese officials during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in April this year. We have also highlighted them publicly in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy (<a href="http://www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/06/2015 14:00:07 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348266

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of progress in implementing welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The failure to implement welfare reform jeopardises the entire Stormont House Agreement and could have a seriously damaging impact on front-line public services in Northern Ireland.</p><p>I continue to meet the Northern Ireland political parties regularly to seek a way forward and to urge them to press ahead with implementing all aspects of the Stormont House Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 09/06/2015 10:00:55 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348267

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of NHS abortion services from May 2010 to April 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	1015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Information about expenditure on termination of pregnancy services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 11:56:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348268

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of licences the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will grant under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	1046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no estimate of the number of licences that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authorisation (HFEA) might grant over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA will make an assessment of applications as set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2015 10:55:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348269

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gene Therapies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy to permit Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats techniques in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	1099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The use of Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is one of the many new technologies emerging in the field of genetic research. The technique is rapidly becoming a standard method to introduce mutations into cell lines and laboratory animals in order to understand the cause of serious diseases such as cancer and dementia and identify new therapies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom has a strong and clear regulatory framework that bans genetic modifications of the nuclear genome that can be inherited from one generation to another. The use of CRISPR is permissible in the UK in a research setting, as long as any research carried out has the appropriate approvals. In the case of human embryos, research but not treatment using these techniques would be permissible provided the UK national regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, was satisfied that the research met the criteria set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/06/2015 10:48:23 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

224683

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the social care system so that veterans injured before 6 April 2005 do not have the cost of their care taken from their military compensation.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	226101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>We are in the process of introducing fundamental reforms to how we pay for social care that will make the system fairer for everyone, including veterans. At the moment, someone who has the highest care needs can risk losing all they have to meet the cost of their care. These reforms will mean that, for the first time ever, everyone will be protected from the risk of catastrophic care costs. The proposals are currently out for consultation and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.careact2016.dh.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.careact2016.dh.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>The War Pensions Scheme, which provides no fault compensation for injury caused by Service before April 2005, includes certain allowances that were designed to pay for ongoing care costs and that is why it is has been taken into account under the social care charging rules. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, which provides no fault compensation for injury caused by Service after April 2005, operates differently. Officials in the Department are working with the Royal British Legion to review this issue and assess how the rules could be aligned in future to ensure fair treatment of veterans under both of these schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/03/2015 17:37:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley