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437894

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date	14/12/2015
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	Dogs: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek a ban on the sale of puppies from retail outlets; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	19822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Under the Pet Animals Act 1951 local authorities can already apply conditions to individual pet shop licences. This includes, for example, restricting the species that can be sold. The power to apply conditions to an individual licence is in section 1(3) of the 1951 Act and is intended to help secure the welfare requirements set out in that section.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/12/2015 13:25:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

437989

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Natural Resources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission an assessment of the effect on the economy of resource insecurity.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	19869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s Horizon Scanning Programme examines emerging trends and developments, such as those related to resource insecurity, that have the potential to lead to risks and opportunities for the UK. As part of this programme, Defra led a piece of work to assess risks to theUK economy from countries or companies restricting the supply of key resources. A summary of this work was published in Civil Service Quarterly in July 2014.</p><p>Last year, the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee set up the Strategic Resources and Risks group to coordinate work on resource insecurity across Government. As part of its remit, this group considers risks and opportunities that resource insecurity poses to the UK economy.This work is being reflected in the current refresh of the Government’s National Security Risk Assessment. Domestic risks related to resource insecurity are also included in the UK’s National Risk Register.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 16/12/2015 12:11:37 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

438003

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been culled in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>A total of 615 badgers were culled in 2014; 341 in Somerset, and 274 in Gloucestershire. These data were published in December 2014. A report on the outcome of the 2015 badger cull will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/12/2015 13:32:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

438178

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Animals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2015 to Question 17199, when she will publish the outcome of her Department's review of animal licensing legislation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	19861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s proposals on the review of the animal licensing legislation will be made available shortly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/12/2015 13:28:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

437344

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Henry VIII Clauses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Henry VIII powers were (a) enacted in legislation passed in the 2010 to 2015 Parliament and (b) since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	19763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Each time the Government proposes a new delegated power in a Bill, it submits a memorandum to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee setting out the case for the power. These memoranda are published on Parliament's website.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 16/12/2015 10:22:06 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

437351

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Institute of Coding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on setting up the Institute for Coding; and how applications for the £20 million funding can be made.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	19726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>My officials are working with officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on proposals for the development of the new Institute. Further details on the competition will be announced in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/12/2015 10:43:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

437355

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to monitor unauthorised entry into British territorial waters around British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	19761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Territorial waters around the British Overseas Territories are monitored through a variety of means. The level of monitoring is commensurate with any potential threat.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/12/2015 16:34:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

437358

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Summertime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on consumer energy bills of using daylight saving time all year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	19739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>We are constantly reviewing consumer energy bills, however an assessment on the effect of using daylight saving time all year could have on consumer energy bills has not been carried out.</p><p><br></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/12/2015 15:34:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

437397

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) jobseekers' allowance and (b) universal credit claimants have been (i) referred for an assessment of the their English language skills, (ii) mandated to undertake learning following such an assessment and (iii) sanctioned for failing to attend such learning sessions.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	19711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the 2013/14 academic year, there were 57,200 starts to English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) training aims by JSA and ESA (WRAG) claimants, and 72,700 in total by all claimants (excluding UC) in England only. This includes starts to training as part of the English Language Requirements (ELR) policy. DWP does not currently hold data on the number of claimants starting ESOL under UC.</p><p>DWP does not hold specific data on the number of sanctions for failing to attend ESOL training.</p><p>Information on the number of starts to DWP-funded ELR training in Scotland Wales is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. DWP is exploring publishing these statistics in summer 2016 as an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2015 15:23:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

437041

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what studies they are undertaking into the slowing of the Gulf Stream and the subsequent impact on climate change and extreme weather patterns in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL4507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Natural Environment Research Council is currently funding two research programmes to detect changes in the Gulf Stream and to investigate how these changes might affect the weather of the North Atlantic (RAPID-AMOC and ODYSEA). DECC co-funds, with Defra, the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme which, amongst many other research activities, uses climate models to understand the observed fluctuations in the Gulf Stream, to predict future changes, and to assess the impact that present and future changes may have upon European weather and climate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/12/2015 14:03:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott