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1216016

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of social media platforms on protecting vulnerable people with anxiety caused by online bullying when using social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	62434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings with social media platforms on a range of issues, including online bullying and protecting vulnerable people. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/06/2020 15:17:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1216017

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Health Services: Stress
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce stress in the health sector workplace.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	62435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff is very important to the Government. We anticipated that they would potentially need additional mental health support to help them face any additional stresses from COVID-19 response.</p><p>We commissioned NHS England and NHS Improvement at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak to develop a comprehensive package of emotional, psychological and practical support for NHS staff - building on local support already in place. NHS Employers’ latest mental wellbeing guidance also encourages managers to remind their staff to take breaks and discuss their emotional wellbeing.</p><p>The NHS People Plan will set out a ‘new offer’, detailing the health and wellbeing support that all NHS staff can expect to receive from their employer.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/07/2020 12:40:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1216018

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on prison sentences for terrorism offences.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	62436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>In the development of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill there has been official and ministerial engagement with our Ministry of Justice counterparts in Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice to discuss the breadth of the Bill’s provisions, including prison sentences for terrorism offences.</p><p>We will continue this engagement throughout the Bill’s progress and once it is enacted to ensure we have a consistent approach to managing terrorist offenders in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 16:15:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1205740

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had with representatives from (a) airlines and (b) airports before the introduction of the covid-19 quarantine restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	61712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport and I have held regular meetings with the aviation sector where self-isolation has been discussed.</p><p /><p>Department for Transport officials have also engaged with the aviation sector on this issue and will continue to do so. This includes working with senior representatives from the aviation industry as part of the Aviation Restart and Recovery Expert Steering Group. This group serves as the working group for the International Aviation Taskforce – one of five sectoral taskforces announced by the Government on 13 May to support the development of guidelines for safely reopening businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have also held regular implementation meetings with the aviation sector prior to the introduction of self-isolation measures.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/06/2020 16:46:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1205742

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	Health Professions: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS cancer professionals are not redeployed to work on the response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	61713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>On 8 June 2020, the National Cancer Director, Dame Cally Palmer, and the National Clinical Director for Cancer, Professor Peter Johnson, wrote to the National Health Service system outlining the second phase of NHS response to COVID-19 for cancer services. The letter contained a number of actions to enable cancer services that have been affected by the pandemic to resume and continue to provide care for patients. It is recognised that cancer professionals play an important role in delivering those important services. Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/second-phase-of-nhs-response-to-covid-19-for-cancer-services/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/second-phase-of-nhs-response-to-covid-19-for-cancer-services/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/08/2020 14:38:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1203605

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Saudi Arabia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make public representations to the authorities in Saudi Arabia on the immediate and unconditional release of 13 women human rights defenders on trial for reportedly peaceful activism.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	59460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>We remain concerned about the continued detention of women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia. The Foreign Secretary raised our concerns about the ongoing detention of political detainees, including women's rights defenders with Saudi Ministers during his visit this year to Riyadh in March. We regularly raise areas of concern with the Saudi authorities at all levels, through Ministers, our Ambassador and the Embassy in Riyadh. We consistently underline the importance of political freedoms globally. This includes respect for the right to peaceful protest, the rule of law, and freedom of speech, the press, and assembly. We continue to raise concerns about individual cases regularly and monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/06/2020 15:09:48 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1203606

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Nigeria: Human Rights
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 assessment he has made of the effect of Operation Safe Corridor in Nigeria on human rights standards in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	59461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned by allegations of human rights abuses in Amnesty International's recent report, We Dried Our Tears. The British High Commissioner has raised the report's findings with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, calling for a full investigation into the allegations and prosecution of any individuals found to have committed abuses in military detention facilities. The UK Government does not provide any support to the military detention facilities mentioned. The UK Government does not provide funding directly to the Government of Nigeria.</p><p>We are also concerned by criticisms in the report of Operation Safe Corridor. The programme is run by the Federal Government of Nigeria and is intended to provide defectors from Boko Haram with a voluntary way to disarm and reintegrate with society through de-radicalisation, psychosocial support and livelihood training. By providing a way to disengage from conflict, these programmes are an essential part of peacebuilding, but they must be fit for purpose and conducted in a way that fully respects human rights.</p><p>The UK, alongside the US and EU, provides funding to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to assist in the reintegration element of the Operation Safe Corridor. All UK Government programme spend is subject to regular monitoring and review. We are urgently following up points raised in the report with IOM, in particular in relation to the process for screening participants, the conditions in which they are detained and the timeline for rehabilitation. IOM have assured us that no children are currently enrolled. The UK's position on human rights is clear: they are universal and must apply equally to all people. The UK will continue to call on all parties to the conflict in North East Nigeria to respect human rights and abide by international humanitarian and human rights law.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 22/06/2020 15:44:22 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1203607

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Prisoners: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure the protection of human rights defenders imprisoned and at risk from covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	59462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports human rights defenders worldwide to enable them to carry out their work safely and without fear. We regularly assess how we can enhance our ability to make a positive difference, including in the context of the increased risks posed by the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>On 4 June, the UK joined human rights Ambassadors from six other European nations to issue a statement highlighting the importance of ensuring a safe enabling environment for human rights defenders. The statement made clear that states have a responsibility to ensure that any emergency powers in place to combat Covid-19 are not used as tools to repress civil society, marginal groups or populations as a whole.</p><p>In July 2019, the UK set out its ongoing dedication to support and protect human right defenders in the document &quot;UK Support for Human Rights Defenders&quot;. The publication makes clear that our diplomatic network will work with and alongside Non Governmental Organisation representatives and human rights defenders to address the challenges they face. This includes human rights defenders who are detained, on trial or imprisoned.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 23/06/2020 16:06:36 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1203613

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Plastic Surgery: Anaesthetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether medical aesthetics practitioners are permitted to (a) administer medical devices to apply dermal fillers and (b) perform other non-surgical procedures before 4 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	59463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>As part of the COVID-19 Recovery strategy, the Government has set up taskforces to work with industry representatives to develop safe ways for businesses to open at the earliest point at which it is safe to do so.</p><p>Providers of medical or health services may remain open, including where they offer non-surgical cosmetic procedures for medical purposes. These services should take into account any guidance issued by regulators, the relevant professional body, Chief Professional Officers, and the National Health Service. Practitioners should ensure they have taken the necessary steps to become COVID-19 secure in line with health and safety legislation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 59464 question first answered 19/06/2020 10:07:02 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1203614

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Plastic Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the administering of non-surgical cosmetic interventions will be permitted; and what guidance he plans to issue to ensure the safety of patients and practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	59464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>As part of the COVID-19 Recovery strategy, the Government has set up taskforces to work with industry representatives to develop safe ways for businesses to open at the earliest point at which it is safe to do so.</p><p>Providers of medical or health services may remain open, including where they offer non-surgical cosmetic procedures for medical purposes. These services should take into account any guidance issued by regulators, the relevant professional body, Chief Professional Officers, and the National Health Service. Practitioners should ensure they have taken the necessary steps to become COVID-19 secure in line with health and safety legislation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 59463 question first answered 19/06/2020 10:07:03 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon