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49851

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date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of Apache helicopter pilots for deployment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The final deployment of Apache helicopters to Helmand has sufficient pilots and crews to undertake the required tasks. <br><br>Sufficient personnel will continue to be trained to ensure future tasks can be met.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49853

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what economic links there are with Burma; and what the value of (a) exports to and (b) imports from Burma was in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Building a sustainable economy in Burma, including increased responsible international investment, is key to economic growth, alleviating poverty, improving livelihoods and improving stability. As set out in the ‘UK Activities in Burma' document published on 8 April alongside a Written Ministerial Statement, the Government is working to encourage and support Burma to remove barriers to becoming a stable, prosperous and democratic country with a sustainable economy that benefits all its people and created a positive climate for domestic, international and UK trade and investment.</p><p>We are active in several areas including:<br>- establishing a UK Trade and Investment office in Burma to provide practical support to British companies;<br>- establishing a UK Financial Services Task Force to support the development of sound financial structures and products;<br>- funding two specialist economists from the International Growth Centre to support the Myanmar Development Resource Institute in providing high quality advice to government;<br>- providing £1.1m to support Burma's application to the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative which will help improve the transparency and accountability of the revenues from Burma's natural resources.<br>- supporting work to strengthen Burma's accountancy profession, to tackle financial crime and to increase local community involvement in investment decisions.</p><p>UK exports of goods to Burma in 2013 were worth £44m (a 243% year on year increase) and imports from Burma were worth £65m (a 44% year on year increase). The top UK exports were transport equipment and road vehicles whilst the top imports were clothing.</p><p>In 2012, the last year for which total goods and services figures are available, UK exports of goods and services to Burma were worth £20.8m and imports from Burma were worth £46m.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49855

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of ticks in deer; and what steps he is taking to tackle ticks in deer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has not made an assessment of the prevalence of ticks in deer but I am aware that they are widespread. The Deer Initiative, which is part funded by Defra, provides advice on ticks on its website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49857

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 he is taking to control mink.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is not undertaking any nationwide action to control mink. However, landowners are free to control mink on their land as long as they do so humanely and within the law. Advice on controlling mink can be obtained from Natural England. As a non-native species, it is an offence to release mink into the wild and I would encourage landowners to control them wherever practical.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is not directly involved in any mink control programmes in England. It does, however, contribute a small amount of annual funding to the Wildlife Trusts and some other local organisations towards the cost of local water vole conservation projects. Some of these projects may involve an element of mink control. The Environment Agency is one of a number of contributors to these projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49859

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 he is taking to catch and control magpies and hooded crows.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra is not taking action to catch or control magpies or hooded crows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Like all wild birds in Great Britain, magpies and hooded crows are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within England, general licences are issued by Natural England permitting users to kill or take magpies for a range of purposes, such as the protection of public health and safety. These may be relied upon by landowners and other authorised persons as long as they are satisfied they have met the conditions of the licence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the hooded crow is found primarily in Scotland and Northern Ireland and is not normally resident in England. As nature conservation is a devolved matter, the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland and the Scottish Government should be approached regarding their wildlife legislation and policy for the control of magpies and hooded crows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49861

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Ministers had with the Iranian government on the imprisonment of (a) Rasoul Abdollahi, (b) Saeed Abedini, (c) Ebrahim Firozi, (d) Behmain Iranal, (e) Alireza Seyedin, (f) Maryam Naghash-Zargaran, (g) Farshid Fathi and (h) others imprisoned for their religious beliefs in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned about the detention and treatment of all prisoners of conscience in Iran and the ongoing discrimination against Christians and other minority religious groups. We have called publicly for the Iranian government to end all persecution of individuals on the basis of their faith. The UK's non-resident Chargé d'Affaires raised the issue of freedom of religion with the Iranian authorities during his last visit to Iran on 12 March.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49863

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the Iranian government on the prosecution of people of the Baha'i faith.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK has repeatedly expressed concern at the treatment of the Baha'i community in Iran, including the sentencing of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran to 20 years imprisonment and the regular harassment the community suffers from. We raised the treatment of Baha'is with the UN Special Rapporteur at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2014 and the UK's non-resident Chargé d'Affaires discussed freedom of religion with the Iranian authorities during his last visit to Iran on 12 March. We will continue to call on the Iranian government to ensure that all its citizens are able to exercise their right to freedom of religion, free from persecution and harassment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49865

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people (a) under 45, (b) between 45 and 60, (c) over 60 and (d) in total have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 197944.pdf title Bowel Cancer - ONS Letter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49867

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of lyme-disease have been diagnosed in humans in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>There were 959 laboratory confirmed cases of Lyme disease in England and Wales in 2011. The number of positive tests in 2012 was 998, and in 2013 1,200, although these data have not yet been disaggregated to exclude repeat tests on the same patients. Most cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed clinically by general practitioners and the numbers are not recorded, but there are probably around 3,000 cases of clinically apparent disease each year in the United Kingdom. The disease occurs over the whole of the country, but is more prevalent in some areas including the New Forest, Thetford, the Lake District and Scottish Highlands. Approximately 20% of cases confirmed by laboratory testing were acquired abroad. Lyme disease is considerably more common in parts of the United States of America and Northern and Central Europe than in the UK, and tourists to rural areas are at risk.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

49869

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will create a national audit of pancreatic cancer services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for an audit of pancreatic cancer services as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme.</p><p> </p><p>However, in response to a recommendation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer, NHS England has recently asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop a Clinical Guideline and Quality Standard on pancreatic cancer. When completed, these could provide the standards against which a future national clinical audit could be developed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon