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65872

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date	04/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tritium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantity of tritium has been imported from the US for use by his Department in H1616 shipping packages since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	204092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/07/2014 13:35:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

65881

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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	Nuclear Disarmament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of work undertaken by his Department relating to nuclear disarmament was in 2013-14; and if he will make it his policy separately to detail in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts expenditure and activity relating to nuclear disarmament.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	204083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Work on nuclear disarmament is led by the Counter-Proliferation Department, which has approximately thirty members of staff. We also use our global network of embassies and missions on a daily basis to take forward this work. We do not record time spent on disarmament specifically, therefore we will not be reporting separately on the costs of this work in the Annual Reports and Accounts. More detailed information on our progress on nuclear disarmament was most recently reported in our NPT PrepCom National Report, which was deposited in the House on 29 April 2014 (reference DEP2014-0656).</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/07/2014 09:16:56 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

65624

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute payday money lenders under the Fraud Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	203917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is not an investigative agency and will only bring cases to court that have been referred by the police or another Law Enforcement Agency.</p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority has regulatory responsibility for payday lenders along with other financial institutions and may either investigate criminal conduct themselves or refer it to another agency or force, as appropriate.</p><p>There has been recent publicity about the conduct of one particular payday lender, Wonga. It was widely reported that the Financial Conduct Authority are to refer a file to the police for consideration of whether a criminal investigation is appropriate. This followed the announcement that Wonga would pay £2.6 million in compensation, after sending letters from non-existent law firms to customers in arrears.</p><p>The CPS Deputy Head of the Specialist Fraud Division has met with the City of London Police to discuss this case. City of London Police are the national police lead in substantial fraud investigations. At this stage, the police have still to consider whether a criminal investigation is required and no advice has been sought from the CPS. Any referral to the CPS will be made to the Specialist Fraud Division.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 10/07/2014 11:20:43 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

65694

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for environmental safety in the UK hydraulic fracturing programme of studies published in 2013 by the University of Missouri on the problem of dispersal of endocrine disrupter chemicals from fluids used in the fracking process for natural gas.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	203982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The potential health impacts of chemical or radioactive exposure from shale gas activities have been considered by Public Health England, which published a draft report for comment in October 2013 and a final report in June 2014 entitled <em>Review of the Potential Public Health Impacts of Exposures to Chemical and Radioactive Pollutants as a Result of the Shale Gas Extraction Process</em>:</p><p><a href="http://www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/Environment/PHECRCEReportSeries/PHECRCE009/" target="_blank">http://www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/Environment/PHECRCEReportSeries/PHECRCE009/</a>.</p><p>Public Health England considered the University of Missouri study as part of its review of the literature and data for the final report (see section 8.2).</p><p>The report concluded overall that “An assessment of the currently available evidence indicates that the potential risks to public health from exposure to the emissions associated with shale gas extraction will be low if the operations are properly run and regulated.” It noted that “Where potential risks have been identified in the literature, the reported problems are typically a result of operational failure and a poor regulatory environment.”</p><p>In the UK, all chemicals which are proposed for use in the hydraulic fracturing process are assessed in advance by the environmental regulators. Operators will not be able to use chemicals for well stimulation unless the Regulator considers them acceptable for use.</p><p>Allowing the use of a chemical at one site does not automatically mean the Regulator will allow it to be used elsewhere. This is because the environmental risks may be different, for example, due to local geological conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2014 15:26:15 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

60430

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to promote the circular economy and sustainable use of resources.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The £8 per tonne escalator in the standard rate of landfill tax has been extremely successful in reducing waste sent to landfill and providing certainty to the industry to invest in alternative technologies which help to ensure a more sustainable use of resources. Budget 2014 provided further certainty on the future of both the standard and lower rates by confirming that they will not be eroded by inflation in future years.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2014 also announced an additional £5m of funding to tackle waste crime, which will assist in the Environment Agency's drive to ensure effective compliance and enforcement with waste legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 11/06/2014 15:54:40 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn