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170663

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date	16/12/2014
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	Green Deal Scheme: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the possibility of making the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund available to householders in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	219048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>DECC Ministers meet regularly with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office to discuss a range of issues. As has been the case with successive administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. A proportion of the funding that has been used in England and Wales for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has been made available separately to the Scottish and Northern Irish Governments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 06/01/2015 15:19:33 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 36995 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

170735

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Thalidomide
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 25 November 2014 to Questions 214952 and 214953, whether his letter to the German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth made representations urging the German government to make appropriate financial contributions to British victims of Thalidomide.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	219059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I wrote to Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, asking if she would meet with the Trust but did not address the issue of financial contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/01/2015 15:19:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

168706

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Alexandra Wilson
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he took following representations by the hon. Member for North Down to secure the release of Alexandra Wilson from Bangor in County Down from a women's prison in Beijing in November 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Once informed of Ms Wilson’s arrest consular staff at the British Embassy in Beijing made repeated representations to the Chinese authorities in China. Representations were also made to the Chinese Embassy in London. Ms Wilson arrived home on 19 November. Consular officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office remain in contact with her family.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 15/12/2014 14:47:56 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

168716

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to amend the law relating to the unauthorised use of unmanned drones in the airspace over the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans to amend the law relating to the use of small unmanned aircraft in the airspace over the UK. The Air Navigation Order 2009 prevents a person causing or permitting an aircraft to endanger the safety of a person or property, and prohibits the flying of these small unmanned aircraft over or within 150 meters of built up areas – including airports – unless approved by the Civil Aviation Authority. The Civil Aviation Authority is launching an awareness campaign “You have control. Be Safe! Be Legal!”</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/12/2014 17:00:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

167699

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, whether the tax relief for orchestras will be available for orchestras in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The new tax relief for orchestras will be available across the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, from April 2016. The government will launch a consultation on the design of the new tax relief in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/12/2014 16:53:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

167700

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospices: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, how much VAT will be refunded to hospices in Northern Ireland; what the timescale for repayment is; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn Statement that this government will refund the VAT that hospice charities incur, the government will now engage with the hospice sector, including those in Northern Ireland, in taking this policy forward to implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/12/2014 16:51:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

167702

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Aid Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Autumn Statement 2014, whether it is his policy that the inheritance tax exemption for aid workers who lose their lives in dealing with humanitarian emergencies, cover (a) British military personnel and (b) British healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The inheritance tax exemption for those whose death is caused or hastened by injury responding to humanitarian emergencies covers both British military and medical personnel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish draft legislation on 10 December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/12/2014 13:59:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

167703

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt students flying on domestic flights within the UK from air passenger duty; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Budget 2014 announced a freeze in the rate of Air Passenger Duty for short-haul international and domestic flights for a fourth year running. In addition Budget 2014 reforms Air Passenger Duty with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This cuts tax for passengers travelling to destinations such as Brazil, India, China, South Asia and the Caribbean.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 also announced an Air Passenger Duty exemption for children under 12 on economy tickets, with effect from 1 May 2015. This will be extended to include children under 16, so that from 1 March 2016 all students of compulsory school age will be exempt from Air Passenger Duty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes including Air Passenger Duty under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2014 13:13:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

167757

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of Syrian refugees to be re-settled in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme is designed to complement our humanitarian aid efforts and is based on need rather than fulfilling a quota; however, we have said we expect it to help several hundred people over <br>three years, and we remain on track to deliver that commitment. This is in addition to our consideration of asylum claims lodged in the UK under our normal rules. Since the crisis began we have granted protection to more than <br>3,400 Syrian nationals and their dependants. In addition, the UK has been at the forefront of the international response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, having pledged £700 million, making us the second largest bilateral donor.<br>However, we strongly believe that we should continue to focus on aid rather than resettlement as the best way for the UK to maximise our impact, and we therefore have no current plans to expand the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/12/2014 14:44:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

167830

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
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 the capacity to resettle Syrian refugees in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	217012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The tragic situation is Syria continues to concern us all and I commend the work of organisations such as the Disasters Emergency Committee that are bringing much needed relief.</p><p>The hon Lady will understand that if refugees were to come to Northern Ireland an assessment of the capacity needed in any resettlement would need to be undertaken by the relevant Northern Ireland Executive Departments in consultation with Whitehall Departments such as the FCO and Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 08/12/2014 13:07:28 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon