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686045

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date	07/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government's consultation on sentences for dangerous driving.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The Law Officers have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues and are sighted on a number of Government consultations where necessary. The consultation on sentences for dangerous driving closed on 1 February and the Law Officers will continue to be engaged in the development of the Government response.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2017 11:10:47 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

686139

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hypertension
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the NHS has taken to tackle trends in blood pressure related complaints among people in their 50s.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, NHS RightCare published its Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention optimal value pathway, which outlines best practice care pathways to help improve CVD prevention, including opportunities to better detect, diagnose and control cases of high blood pressure. The pathway can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/rightcare/intel/cfv/cvd-pathway/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/rightcare/intel/cfv/cvd-pathway/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention launched a new resource for clinical commissioning groups and general practitioners (GPs) ‘Blood Pressure – How Can We Do Better?’ It was developed by GPs, nurses and pharmacists working with partners including NHS England, Public Health England, the British Heart Foundation, the Stroke Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners. It can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.bhf.org.uk/bp-how-can-we-do-better" target="_blank">https://www.bhf.org.uk/bp-how-can-we-do-better</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is a member of the Blood Pressure System Leadership Board, established by Public Health England, to help drive improvements in the prevention, detection and management of high blood pressure.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Health Check is a national programme that aims to prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease, and raise awareness of dementia both across the population and within high risk and vulnerable groups. Between April 2013 and September 2016, 4.9 million people have benefitted from a blood pressure check as part of their NHS Health Check. Evaluation of the programme demonstrated that one case of hypertension is diagnosed in every 27 people receiving a check.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 10/02/2017 09:54:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

686144

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to disseminate guidance on the benefits to hygiene of people in hospitals washing their hands.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>Hand hygiene policies are a local responsibility, however, guidance and central support are available. For example, The Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, which all providers in England must take account of, covers hand hygiene. The Code is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-health-and-social-care-act-2008-code-of-practice-on-the-prevention-and-control-of-infections-and-related-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-health-and-social-care-act-2008-code-of-practice-on-the-prevention-and-control-of-infections-and-related-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standard on Infection Prevention and Control, which is endorsed by NHS England, the Royal Colleges and other professional bodies, includes a quality statement on hand decontamination. The statement is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs61/chapter/Quality-statement-3-Hand-decontamination" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs61/chapter/Quality-statement-3-Hand-decontamination</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/02/2017 12:18:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

686241

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Racial Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the handling of racially motivated attacks.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education regularly meets Cabinet colleagues including the Home Secretary, and discusses a wide range of policy and delivery issues.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/02/2017 10:29:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

685493

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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
hansard heading	Arable Farming
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 her Department's plans are for the operation of the three crop rule after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>As we prepare to leave the EU, we are looking at removing the rules that are unnecessarily burdensome, focusing instead on what works best for the UK. We want to free our farmers to grow more, sell more and export more British food, whilst upholding our high standards for the environment and animal health and welfare.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State announced on 4 January that we will be looking to remove such rules, including the three crop rule at the earliest opportunity once we have left the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/02/2017 11:13:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

685494

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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
hansard heading	Birds: Conservation
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 her Department is taking to protect breeding habitats for woodcock.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Habitat improvement is a devolved matter. In England, measures are being taken to improve habitats through agri-environment schemes such as Countryside Stewardship, which provides incentives to manage woodland sympathetically for wildlife, which in turn will benefit woodcock.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Woodcock also benefit from England’s extensive network of protected sites for wildlife such as sites of special scientific interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/02/2017 17:02:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

685495

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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
hansard heading	Shellfish: Non-native Species
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 her Department is taking to tackle the spread of the invasive species of demon shrimp, dikerogammarus haemobaphes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Defra’s “Check, Clean, Dry” campaign promotes good biosecurity to help slow the spread of invasive non-native species and, in particular, prevent their introduction to uninfected waterbodies. It is widely promoted to, by and amongst water users including water companies, anglers and recreational boaters. Government agencies routinely follow its good practice. Our focus has been on limiting the spread, when <em>Dikerogammarus haemobaphes</em> was identified in Great Britain it was already widespread within the canal and river network; as such eradication is not considered feasible.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has recently adopted a regulatory position that will reduce this risk and incentivise the water industry to develop methods for water transferred in this way to prevent the spread of these species. This is one of a number of invasive non-native species that can be spread through untreated water transferred from one region to another by water companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/02/2017 09:56:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

685506

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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	Islamic State: Military Intervention
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 progress has been made on steps to retake Mosul from Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi announced on 23 January that East Mosul had been cleared of Daesh. Preparations are now underway for the next phase, clearing Daesh from West Mosul. We welcome progress made by Iraqi forces in Eastern Mosul which marks another step towards defeating Daesh. Clearing Daesh from Mosul, after two years of brutal rule, is the greatest challenge that Iraq's Security Forces have faced to date. We have always been clear that this is a fight that will take time and patience.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/02/2017 15:12:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

685541

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to prevent technological faults in equipment used in heart operations from causing harm or fatality.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Medical devices cannot be placed on the market in the United Kingdom without being CE marked by the manufacturer in accordance with the safety, quality and performance requirements of the relevant EC Directives (Medical Device Directive, Active Implantable Medical Device Directive or In Vitro Diagnostic Directive). Medical devices used for heart operations, such as pacemakers, aortic valves, transcatheter aortic valve implantation and stents fall into the highest risk category and as such have to meet the most stringent regulatory requirements set out in the Directives. Conformity against these requirements has to be assessed and certified by a third party independent certification organisation known as a notified body, which is designated by EC member states regulatory authorities as competent to carry out this function.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/02/2017 15:12:54 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

685542

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hypertension and Sepsis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for availability on the NHS of a calcium channel blocker to tackle high blood pressure and sepsis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Calcium channel blockers are a licensed treatment for high blood pressure (hypertension). The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on ‘Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management’, published in 2011, recommends calcium channel blockers for use in the treatment of hypertension.</p><p> </p><p>NICE published a guideline on ‘Sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management’ in July 2016 which covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of sepsis for all populations. The guideline did not include any recommendation to use calcium channel blockers in this condition. In the absence of NICE guidance on the use of a treatment, healthcare professionals will assess scientific research as it emerges but will only change treatment practice when this is supported by evidence.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/02/2017 15:13:55 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon