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92512

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Neurofibromatosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools are aware of social, psychological and health problems that pupils with neurofibromatosis 1 may encounter; and what guidance her Department gives to schools to ensure that pupils with that and other genetic conditions receive adequate support to ensure that they do not feel socially excluded.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	209275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>A new duty was introduced on 1 September 2014 for governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance, which came into force on the same date. The guidance focuses on the needs of each individual child and how their medical condition impacts on school life. We would expect those arrangements to apply to pupils suffering from neurofibromatosis.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance advocates the use of individual healthcare plans, which may include details of associated conditions, and the support required for their wider educational, social and emotional needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209274 question first answered 15/10/2014 16:36:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

92513

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Neurofibromatosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department gives to schools on the relative risk of pupils with neurofibromatosis 1 also having autism or attention deficit disorder.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	209274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>A new duty was introduced on 1 September 2014 for governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance, which came into force on the same date. The guidance focuses on the needs of each individual child and how their medical condition impacts on school life. We would expect those arrangements to apply to pupils suffering from neurofibromatosis.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance advocates the use of individual healthcare plans, which may include details of associated conditions, and the support required for their wider educational, social and emotional needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209275 question first answered 15/10/2014 16:36:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

89688

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment relating to the consultation into standardised tobacco packaging in a wider range of languages.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	207457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not Government practice to translate Impact Assessments. The consultation document itself was translated into several languages to raise awareness and to facilitate the response from a wide range of relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/09/2014 14:43:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

89691

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is giving to clinical commissioning groups to process retrospective continuing care claims.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	207458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NHS England is aware of the issues regarding the management by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of these cases. NHS England is developing a plan to identify CCGs where further support may be required, including the development of local action plans. The Department will continue to work closely with NHS England to understand and support the progress of these cases and to seek assurance that they are being dealt with as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 207531 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:16:43 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

89696

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress clinical commissioning groups have made in (a) processing retrospective continuing care claims and (b) the payment of compensation to affected families.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	207531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NHS England is aware of the issues regarding the management by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of these cases. NHS England is developing a plan to identify CCGs where further support may be required, including the development of local action plans. The Department will continue to work closely with NHS England to understand and support the progress of these cases and to seek assurance that they are being dealt with as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 207458 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:16:43 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

77403

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Gao Zhisheng
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 reports he has received on the detention of Gao Zhisheng in China; and what steps he is taking to secure his release.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	205417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain concerned about human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng who has been imprisoned in Xinjiang, without access to his family, since January 2013. We raised his case directly with Chinese officials during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 19-20 May. We understand that Gao’s prison term is due to end soon, and we urge the Chinese authorities to ensure that his rights to freedom of movement and communication are duly protected on his release.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/07/2014 13:49:46 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

63910

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans he has in place to deal with an outbreak of Ebola virus in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	202299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service has plans in place to deal with patients with infectious diseases as part of its core business. This includes plans to manage patients in line with infection control procedures, and where necessary in highly specialist infectious diseases facilities.A patient with Ebola virus infection would be cared for in the national High Level Isolation Unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London. In the unlikely event of an outbreak involving more than two people, specialist staff at this unit are trained and prepared to look after patients safely in an isolation ward, which would be dedicated for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the procedures outlined in the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens guidelines, “The Management of Hazard Group 4 viral haemorrhagic fevers and similar human infectious diseases of high consequence”, are followed for any suspected case.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has assessed the risk of importation of Ebola in the UK as very low. It is extremely unlikely that an outbreak of Ebola would occur in the UK even if there was to be an imported case, as there are factors operating in West Africa which would not be seen in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/06/2014 15:56:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

63923

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps UK Visas and Immigration can take to prevent no cases of Ebola reaching the UK.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	202298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK does not specifically screen pre or at entry for Ebola.<br><br>Public Health England has assessed the risk of importation of Ebola in the UK <br>as very low. It is extremely unlikely that an outbreak of Ebola would occur in <br>the UK even if there was to be an imported case, as there are factors operating <br>in West Africa which would not be seen in the UK. The outbreak in West Africa <br>is driven by person to person spread in the absence of any infection control <br>precautions. Human cases of Ebola virus disease have never yet been exported <br>from an outbreak zone to a European country.<br><br>All UK ports have systems and plans for dealing with issues of public health <br>concern. However, they all require that the public health system is firstly <br>notified of the arrival of someone with a suspected disease of concern. Crew <br>are trained to do this by their respective companies and an example of the type <br>of guidance that they work towards can be found on the International Air <br>Transport Association (the international airline trade body) website at: <br><br><br>https://www.iata.org/whatwedo/safety/health/Documents/health-guidelines-cabin-cr<br>ew-2011.pdf . <br><br>At all UK ports, there is a system for routing reports, produced by the <br>commander of a craft, to a local health protection team who are available on a <br>24/7 basis throughout the year. Health protection teams have generic <br>responsibility for managing incidents of public health concern in all settings <br>including our ports. They will then take the lead in managing the incident from <br>a public health perspective with the NHS being responsible for the provision of <br>healthcare.<br><br>The International Health Regulations (IHR), which entered into force on 15 June <br>2007, require countries to report certain disease outbreaks and public health <br>events to WHO, including Ebola.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 15:09:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

62910

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Burma
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 steps he has taken to help the Rohingya peoples in Burma; what recent discussions he has had with the Burmese government on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	201487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK is giving £12m in aid to Rakhine State to support shelter, water sanitation and hygiene programmes, nutrition and protection activities, as well as non-food items for 115,000 people. We are also funding £4.5m towards livelihoods projects in Rakhine and support to the UN's coordination of the international humanitarian response.</p><p>We remain one of the most vocal and active members of the international community in supporting those calling for human rights and democracy in Burma. I was the first Western Minister to visit Rakhine State in December 2012. I raised concerns again with the Burmese government during my second visit to Burma in January this year, and I again saw Rohingya leaders to hear from them about the many issues they are facing.</p><p>The plight of the Rohingya was also at the top of the agenda during the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron's) meeting with President Thein Sein in London in July 2013. In March this year, I summoned the Burmese Ambassador and called on the Burmese government urgently to restore humanitarian access to all communities in need, and to ensure the security of humanitarian aid workers and all communities in Rakhine State. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks), again raised our concerns in a call with his Burmese counterpart in April, and I most recently discussed the situation with the Burmese Deputy Foreign Minister on 12 June.</p><p>We will continue to urge the Burmese government to take swift and decisive action to protect the lives and rights of Rohingya and other minorities in Rakhine State, and to address the underlying causes of ethnic and religious discrimination and violence.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 24/06/2014 15:27:06 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

57635

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Balkans
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 his Department is taking to support people affected by recent flooding in the Balkans
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	198545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>I discussed the impact of the floods with Prime Minister Vucic of Serbia in Belgrade on 2 June and with Prime Minister Bevanda in Sarajevo on 3 June. During my visit to the region I also met the Serbian Red Cross and travelled to Maglaj in Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet the Mayor and representatives of World Vision.</p><p>In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), between 18 and 23 May a thirty-three person water rescue team from the British Fire Service was deployed to work alongside EUFOR Operation Althea and local rescue efforts. They rescued nearly 200 people, delivered large amounts of humanitarian aid, and helped restore power in villages North of Bijeljina.</p><p>In Serbia, the UK provided 64 radios for the Serbian Ministry of the Interior, to assist with the coordination of their response teams; and donated £280,000 worth of heavy lift and transport vehicles to the Serbian Red Cross to aid their relief distribution effort.</p><p>A team from the UK flew out to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the week commencing 20 May to assess likely humanitarian and recovery needs. During my visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina I was able to announce that the UK had approved £250,000 to support a World Vision flood response project in the region focussing on sanitation and health and providing support for 140,000 people made homeless by the floods.</p><p>In addition to this bilateral support, the UK provided support to BiH, Serbia and Croatia through the EU, UN and other international organisations. In BiH, EUFOR Operation Althea, to which the UK contributes troops in-theatre and in reserve, assisted the BiH Armed Forces in their response to the flooding. The First Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, who provide part of EUFOR's intermediate reserve, and are in BiH for a routine operational rehearsal, will assist the BiH Armed Forces in this regard.</p><p>The UK has worked closely with the EU European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), and offered advice and assistance during all phases of the flood response effort. ECHO have released €3.2m in humanitarian aid to support the most vulnerable population in BiH and in Serbia (to which the UK will have contributed 15%).</p><p>The Government will work closely with the UNDP, the EU and other international organisations to assess what further help might be given to help both Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina recover from the impact of the floods.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/06/2014 14:52:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford