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1052163

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date	31/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Chief Constables on increasing the authority of forces to implement stop and search where there is a recently proven spike in knife crime.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	215131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Stop and search is a vital policing tool when used correctly and officers have the Government's full support to use these powers in a way that is fair, lawful and effective.</p><p>The Home Secretary has been clear that he wants officers to feel confident, trusted and supported when they are using stop and search powers, which form one part of our broader strategy to tackle violence.</p><p>We are therefore looking at ways to reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency in the use of this power to ensure the police feel better able to use these powers where they have reasonable grounds to do so.</p><p>Both the Home Secretary and I engage with the Chief Constables on a regular basis to discuss matters of concern, including the use of stop and search and recent incidents of knife crime, especially in London.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/02/2019 18:16:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1052168

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials at his Department held discussions with representatives of (a) the US National Security Agency and (b) GCHQ on influencing UN Security Council vote in March 2003 on the second resolution to authorise intervention in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:52:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052169

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government holds on an operation to influence a vote at the UN Security Council on a second resolution to authorise an intervention in Iraq in March 2003.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:47:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052170

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government holds on discussions between GCHQ and the US National Security Agency on surveillance of delegates to the UN in 2003.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/02/2019 10:15:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052171

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department received a memo on 31 January 2003 from Frank Koza, Defence Chief of Staff (Regional Targets) entitled Reflections of Iraq Debate/Votes at UN-RT Actions + Potential for Related Contributions and published in The Observer on 2 March 2003, asking for information that could give US policymakers an edge in obtaining results favourable to US goals.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:49:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052172

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the article entitled Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war, published in the Observer on 2 March 2003, whether his Department undertook surveillance of representatives at the UN from (a) Angola, (b) Cameroon, (c) Chile, (d) Bulgaria, (e) Guinea and (f) Pakistan prior to the UN Security Council vote on a second resolution on intervention in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:51:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052175

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for her Department to provide an outcome to complaints from PRS landlords about universal credit full service tenants in the most recent 12-month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	215231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not measure timings as described in the question (average time between receiving a complaint and providing an outcome) and to determine this request, we would need to examine each individual case, which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints received from Private Rental Sector Landlords about Universal Credit full service are handled in line with the overall Departmental complaints process published on Gov.uk and aim to be resolved / responded to within 15 working days.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/02/2019 10:50:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1052176

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the last year, what is the average time taken for the Independent Case Examiner to provide an outcome to escalated complaints from PRS landlords about universal credit full service tenants.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	215232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>During 2018, the average time taken by the Independent Case Examiner’s (ICE) Office to conclude investigations into complaints from landlords concerning Universal Credit tenants was 29 weeks, from the point at which the investigation commenced. For reporting purposes the ICE Office do not distinguish between full and live service Universal Credit claimants.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/02/2019 14:34:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1052190

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department have made of the effect of delays to the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test to the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme on (a) the diagnosis rates of Bowel Cancer at (i) stage one, (ii) stage two, (iii) stage three and (iv) stage four and (b) the mortality rates of bowel cancer in England.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	215181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>There has been no assessment of the effect of delays to the introduction of faecal immunochemical test to the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme on the diagnosis rates of Bowel Cancer at stage one, stage two, stage three and stage four, or on the mortality rates of bowel cancer in England.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service in England already has a world class bowel cancer screening programme for people aged 60-74 years, with survival rates improving year on year. Regular bowel cancer screening has been shown to reduce the risk of dying from bowel cancer by 16%, and around 60% of bowel cancer patients now survive five years or more compared to around 25% 40 years ago. Over 95% of men and women survive for five years or more if their bowel cancer is diagnosed at stage one.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan includes a proposal to modernise the bowel cancer screening programme to detect more cancers earlier and faecal immunochemical testing at 120ug/g will be integrated into the programme from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 15:19:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1052211

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Meat: Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all current trade agreements that include the export of meat specify that animals have be stunned before slaughter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	215075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Through membership of the EU, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. These do not specify that animals have to be stunned before slaughter.</p><p> </p><p>However, all slaughter of animals for export from the UK – whether stun or non-stun – must strictly comply with EU and the UK regulations on animal welfare at the time of killing and additional welfare at slaughter rules apply to animals subject to non-stun slaughter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/04/2019 14:29:35 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew