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1024736

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date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to address human trafficking from northern Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	202025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is leading the fight against modern slavery internationally. In Burma DFID is providing $9 million (£7 million) to raise awareness on trafficking and support safer and more productive migration across all states.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2018 15:55:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1024737

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Burma: China
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 he has made of the effect on (a) land rights, (b) other human rights and (c) the environment of Chinese investment and infrastructure development projects in northern Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	202026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Our Embassy maintains a dialogue with the Chinese Embassy in Burma about a wide range of issues, including respective investment and infrastructure development projects. However the Government has not made a specific assessment of the impact on (1) land rights, (2) human rights, or (3) the environment, of investment and infrastructure development projects by China in northern Burma.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 20/12/2018 10:33:07 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1023976

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department’s Economic Development Strategy 2017, what steps she is taking to integrate nutrition with her Department’s economic development policies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	201561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID has developed a strategic approach to integrating nutrition into relevant areas of its economic development work. This includes supporting private sector investment within different parts of the food system in order to make safe nutritious foods more affordable and accessible to poor people, in particular women, adolescent girls and children under five.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2018 15:54:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1024052

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of late diagnoses of HIV in England.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	201562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Encouraging uptake of HIV testing particularly amongst those at increased risk is key to the reduction of late diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) published recommendations to increase rates of HIV testing in the recent HIV in the United Kingdom report, available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE has a range of programmes with the aim of increasing HIV testing, these include HIV Prevention England (HPE); the National HIV Self-Sampling service which provides individuals with the opportunity to self-sample online and the HIV Innovation Fund allowing community organisations to implement HIV prevention projects.</p><p> </p><p>HPE is the national HIV prevention programme for England. It is a nationally funded programme designed to complement locally commissioned prevention in areas of higher prevalence. Of the five goals HPE is tasked to deliver increasing HIV testing and reduce undiagnosed or late diagnosis is one.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 201565 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:15:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1024053

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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	HIV Infection: 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 plans his Department has for HIV testing outside of sexual health services in England.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	201565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Encouraging uptake of HIV testing particularly amongst those at increased risk is key to the reduction of late diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) published recommendations to increase rates of HIV testing in the recent HIV in the United Kingdom report, available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE has a range of programmes with the aim of increasing HIV testing, these include HIV Prevention England (HPE); the National HIV Self-Sampling service which provides individuals with the opportunity to self-sample online and the HIV Innovation Fund allowing community organisations to implement HIV prevention projects.</p><p> </p><p>HPE is the national HIV prevention programme for England. It is a nationally funded programme designed to complement locally commissioned prevention in areas of higher prevalence. Of the five goals HPE is tasked to deliver increasing HIV testing and reduce undiagnosed or late diagnosis is one.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 201562 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:15:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1024054

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether proposals to tackle the late diagnosis of HIV will be in the forthcoming Green Paper on prevention.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	201566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of scoping the Green Paper, and will provide further details of its content in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/12/2018 17:13:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1020708

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Unmanned Air Vehicles
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 conclusion of the US-led joint declaration on the export and subsequent use of armed or strike-enabled UAVs, what steps the Government taking to develop those standards.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	199759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK signed a 'Joint Declaration on the Export &amp; Subsequent Use of Armed or Strike-Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)' on 5 October 2016, along with 52 other States. The UK already has a robust set of export controls in place in relation to UAVs. Following the Joint Declaration, we are in discussion with a number of countries about developing a set of international best practice standards regarding the export of armed or strike-enabled UAVs. These discussions are continuing; it is not yet clear when they will conclude<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/12/2018 12:49:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1020709

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Unmanned Air Vehicles
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 follow-on process to develop international best practice standards stemming from the US-led joint declaration on the export and subsequent use of armed or strike enabled UAVs, what the Government’s main goals are; and which international partners the Government is working with.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	199760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The US is leading the process to develop possible international best practice standards in this area. We are concerned by the possible misuse of armed and strike-enabled UAVs and welcome the initiative. The UK already has a robust set of export controls in place. We would like to ensure that any future best practice standards are consistent with, and add value to, existing multilateral export control and non-proliferation regimes, and encourage the maximum possible compliance.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/12/2018 13:47:01 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1020710

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, published on 6 December 2018, what assessment he has made of the finding that a disproportionate number of people from ethnic minorities have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	199761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We welcome the final report of the independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>One of the reasons the Government commissioned the review was to understand better the reasons behind the disproportionate number of people from black and minority ethnic groups detained under the Act, and for suggested next steps to be recommended.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already accepted two of the recommendations of the review including the creation of a new role of nominated person, chosen by the patient, to replace the current nearest relative provisions.</p><p> </p><p>We will consider the report and its recommendations in detail and respond in due course. We remain committed to reforming mental health law and will develop and bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 199859 199860 199861 question first answered 11/12/2018 17:12:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1020712

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will produce a regional breakdown for the estimated change in GDP predicted to occur in the event that (a) the UK adopts the Government’s proposed EU withdrawal agreement, (b) the UK leaves the EU and adopts a basic Free Trade Agreement and (c) the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	199762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics do not publish estimates of regional GDP. However, they do publish estimates of regional Gross Value Added, which is a very similar measure. This data is used in the Government’s analysis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s analysis provides estimates of long-run changes to regional GVA in four scenarios – modelled White Paper, modelled EEA-type, modelled average FTA, and modelled no deal - compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The analysis shows that all regions and nations of the UK will be better off in the modelled white paper scenario than in the modelled no-deal.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/12/2018 15:31:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake