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1122954

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are able to take part fairly in global trade.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	910519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We believe that the global, rules-based system is the most important protection poorer countries have. We will champion their interests through the WTO, enact a UK trade preferences scheme through the Taxation Cross Border Trade Act and then further improve their access to the UK market after we’ve left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:33:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1122955

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the UK's proportion of global trade with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	910520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Exports to India were up nearly 20% in 2018 on the previous year, totalling over £7.9 billion.</p><p> </p><p>We have a number of initiatives to strengthen our bilateral trade relationship with India, including the Joint Working Group on Trade, which recently met in March.</p><p> </p><p>Only last night I was at the Grant Thornton tracker event with the Confederation of Indian Industry, to celebrate the success of some of the top Indian companies in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:37:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1122956

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential economic effect of US retaliatory trade actions on the UK ceramics sector.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	910522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that a tariff war would not be in the interests of UK, EU or US industry. The UK continues to work closely with the EU and European partners to support a negotiated settlement to the Airbus and Boeing disputes.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/04/2019 10:38:40 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1122957

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are able to take part fairly in global trade.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	910523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We believe that the global, rules-based system is the most important protection poorer countries have. We will champion their interests through the WTO, enact a UK trade preferences scheme through the Taxation Cross Border Trade Act and then further improve their access to the UK market after we’ve left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:39:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1122959

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When the Government plans to establish the taskforce to tackle period poverty in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	910544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The first meeting of the taskforce will be in June. Over the last couple of months we have been consulting with a number of charities and other experts on the most effective way for us to use the taskforce.</p><p> </p><p>I will be chairing the taskforce alongside two leading experts in the sector, alongside a number of enthusiastic and skilled experts. The taskforce will build on and promote the great work being done by individual organisations, supporting local partners to make their work more than the sum of its parts.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:26:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1122960

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When the Government plans to publish its response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	910545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We have had an exceptional response rate to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, receiving over 100,000 responses. We are currently analysing all of these contributions and we intend to publish a response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:51:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1123023

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential link between the consumption of ready-made meals and heart disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England has advised that it has not made any assessment of the potential link between the consumption of ready-made meals and heart disease, and that attributing disease to particular foods would be difficult due to the range of factors that play a part in causing the development of diet-related diseases.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 11:32:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123024

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Aortic Aneurysm: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men have died as a result of an Abdominal aortic aneurysm in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 09:48:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ247700.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123025

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Dental Health: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase public awareness of gum disease and tooth loss.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the oral health needs of their local population, developing appropriate strategies and commissioning oral health improvement programmes for both gum disease and tooth loss.</p><p>In 2017, Public Health England (PHE) published a ‘Guide to a healthy mouth in adults’ which provides a summary of the simple steps that can be taken to protect and improve oral health. In 2018, PHE also published ‘Commissioning Better Oral Health for Vulnerable Older People’ which supports commissioners in improving the oral health of vulnerable older people. Finally, in 2019, PHE published ‘Adult Oral Health- applying All Our Health’, online guidance for healthcare professionals to improve oral health in adults. This guidance is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601835/healthy_mouth_adults_quick_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601835/healthy_mouth_adults_quick_guide.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioning-better-oral-health-for-vulnerable-older-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioning-better-oral-health-for-vulnerable-older-people</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-oral-health-applying-all-our-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-oral-health-applying-all-our-health</a></p><p>The National Health Service website also has information on preventing and treating gum disease. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Gum-disease/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Gum-disease/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 11:30:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123026

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) men and (b) women in each age group have been classified as having asthma in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 11:24:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon