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346872

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date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Decriminalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of the decriminalisation of drug use in Portugal on the prevalence of drug use in that country.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	93
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Portuguese approach to drugs was reviewed within ‘Drugs: International Comparators’ published in October 2014<em>.</em> The report is clear that the successes in Portugal cannot be attributed to decriminalisation alone. Whilst drug use went down and health outcomes improved, there was, at the same time, a significant investment in treatment.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has no intention of decriminalising drugs. The UK's approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities, help dependent individuals through treatment and wider recovery support, whilst ensuring law enforcement tackles the criminality that is associated with the drugs trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/06/2015 09:39:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346924

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hunting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal attacks on hunts there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	47
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. The Home Office receives data on notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, however it is not possible to determine the number of offences that were directed at hunts</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/06/2015 09:38:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346948

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Middle East: Politics and Government
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 representations he has received from the government of Iraq on recent developments in Iraq and Syria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) visited Iraq from 25 to 26 April, when he met Prime Minister Abadi, President Massoum and other members of the Government of Iraq (GoI). During his visit he discussed the situation in the region, the importance of political reform and reconciliation, the military campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the need for a comprehensive stabilisation plan for areas liberated from ISIL.</p><p>Through our Embassy in Baghdad and Consulate General in Erbil we remain in regular contact with the GoI, and continue to support PM Abadi and his efforts to ensure a unified response to the current situation.</p><p>As part of the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL, we are working with the GoI to defeat ISIL in both Iraq and Syria.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/06/2015 10:45:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham