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757411

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will adopt a no first use policy in relation to the UK's nuclear weapons capability; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK has neither a first use nor a no first use policy for our nuclear weapons.</p><p>It is essential that we do not assist our potential adversaries by defining precisely when, how and at what scale we would contemplate employing them in the most extreme circumstances of self-defence, including the defence of our NATO allies.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 07/09/2017 15:28:51 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

757644

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Rwanda: 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 assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of reports of disappearances, political arrests and assassinations and government brutality in Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	8625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office takes all credible reports of disappearances, political arrests, assassinations and government brutality in Rwanda seriously. The British High Commission in Kigali is closely monitoring the investigations into Diane Rigwara and her family following their recent detention. We remain concerned about the limited democratic space and constrained civil and political rights in Rwanda, and regularly raise these concerns with the Rwandan Government.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/09/2017 11:48:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

757693

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Yoga
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing and other professional medical bodies on the potential efficacy of yoga for cancer sufferers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>We are not aware of any discussions on the potential efficacy of yoga for cancer patients. However, in December 2016, NHS England announced that over £200 million would be made available to Cancer Alliances over the next two years to improve earlier diagnosis and support roll out of the Recovery Package and Stratified follow-up pathways. The Recovery Package has been designed so that patients receive personalised care and support from the point they are diagnosed to improve their quality of life. This includes health and wellbeing events or similar giving patients access to information about complementary therapies and how these may help to facilitate wellbeing. Stratified follow-up pathways allow a more personalised approach to follow-up care after treatment, providing a better experience for patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/09/2017 11:43:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

757864

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Trading Standards: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to Welsh trading standards offices to tackle counterfeit electrical goods being imported into Wales.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	8622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards receive £13.24 million per year from BEIS to prioritise and coordinate national and cross-local authority boundary enforcement in England and Wales, including action to stop the sale of counterfeit electrical goods.</p><p> </p><p>National Trading Standards ‘Operation Jasper’ resulted in the seizure of over £1m in counterfeit goods including luxury brands, dangerous electrical equipment and unsafe cosmetic products in 2016. This included an operation by Swansea Trading Standards to target commercial vehicles carrying counterfeit goods.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/09/2017 15:41:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

755524

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime of aggression
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 ratification of crimes of aggression as defined by the International Criminal Court into domestic law.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	7380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>I regularly meet ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues of common interest, including on matters of international criminal law. By longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have or have not given advice to Cabinet on a particular issue, and the content of their advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/09/2017 14:14:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755526

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to introduce legislation to provide for votes for life for UK citizens living abroad.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	7290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in our manifesto, the Government is committed to legislating to scrap the 15-year rule and will do so in time for the next scheduled parliamentary general election in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/09/2017 15:15:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

755527

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to extend overseas voting rights for life.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	7206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in our manifesto, the Government is committed to legislating to scrap the 15-year rule and will do so in time for the next scheduled parliamentary general election in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/09/2017 15:15:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

755532

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2017 to Question 5399, on public sector: procurement, how the response that the information on whether a certificate of past performance is self-certificated is not stored centrally accords with Annex F of Public Procurement Note of 25 March 2015 which says that a copy of the certificate, including the Name of Entity Providing the Certificate, must be sent to the Crown Commercial Service.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded centrally. To compile the data would require retrieving and analysing each individual certificate, and to do this would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/09/2017 14:59:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

755535

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Young People: Gower
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many 18 to 25-year olds in Gower constituency are recorded (a) in the latest census estimate and (b) on the electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	6930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/09/2017 15:10:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 6930 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ6930
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

755536

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to introduce legislative proposals to allow Britons living abroad for longer than 15 years to vote in UK elections; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	6973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in our manifesto, the Government is committed to legislating to scrap the 15-year rule and will do so in time for the next scheduled parliamentary general election in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/09/2017 15:15:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch