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90865

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the General Medical Council to release papers relating to the pre-signing of abortion HSA1 certificates by doctors to the police for investigation under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and Perjury Act 1911.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	208379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department considers the pre-signing of forms without any consideration of information relating to the woman to be incompatible with the requirements of the Abortion Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent statutory body, and the Secretary of State does not have any express legal powers to direct the GMC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2014 10:19:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

536467

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Bangladesh on tackling levels of violence against minority Hindu communities in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	42822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is extremely concerned by the increase in extremist-related violence against a number of minority groups including Hindus in Bangladesh since September 2015. The former Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) most recently talked to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh about countering extremism in the margins of the G7 meeting in Japan on 27 May. The former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire) raised this with Foreign Minister Ali on 5 July. The British High Commissioner regularly discusses these issues with Bangladesh government ministers.</p><p>We welcome Prime Minister Hasina’s “zero tolerance” approach towards terrorism, but this must be implemented in a way that fully respects the international rights standards that Bangladesh has signed up to and which, as a member of both the Commonwealth and the UN Human Rights Council, it has pledged to uphold.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 42823 question first answered 22/07/2016 13:54:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

536468

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the government of Bangladesh to put perpetrators of violence against religious minorities on trial as soon as possible.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	42823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is extremely concerned by the increase in extremist-related violence against a number of minority groups including Hindus in Bangladesh since September 2015. The former Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) most recently talked to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh about countering extremism in the margins of the G7 meeting in Japan on 27 May. The former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire) raised this with Foreign Minister Ali on 5 July. The British High Commissioner regularly discusses these issues with Bangladesh government ministers.</p><p>We welcome Prime Minister Hasina’s “zero tolerance” approach towards terrorism, but this must be implemented in a way that fully respects the international rights standards that Bangladesh has signed up to and which, as a member of both the Commonwealth and the UN Human Rights Council, it has pledged to uphold.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 42822 question first answered 22/07/2016 13:54:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

539560

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bangladesh on tackling increasing levels of violence against minority Hindu communities in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	43157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is extremely concerned by the increase in extremist-related violence against a number of minority groups including Hindus in Bangladesh since September 2015. The former Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) most recently talked to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh about countering extremism in the margins of the G7 meeting in Japan on 27 May. The former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire) raised this with Foreign Minister Ali on 5 July. The British High Commissioner regularly discusses these issues with Bangladesh government ministers. We welcome Prime Minister Hasina’s “zero tolerance” approach towards terrorism, but this must be implemented in a way that fully respects the international rights standards that Bangladesh has signed up to and which, as a member of both the Commonwealth and the UN Human Rights Council, it has pledged to uphold.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/07/2016 15:11:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

539562

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will take steps to encourage the government of Bangladesh to put the perpetrators of violence against religious minorities in the region on trial as soon as possible.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	43156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is extremely concerned by the increase in extremist-related violence against a number of minority groups including Hindus in Bangladesh since September 2015. The former Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) most recently talked to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh about countering extremism in the margins of the G7 meeting in Japan on 27 May. The former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire) raised this with Foreign Minister Ali on 5 July. The British High Commissioner regularly discusses these issues with Bangladesh government ministers. We welcome Prime Minister Hasina’s “zero tolerance” approach towards terrorism, but this must be implemented in a way that fully respects the international rights standards that Bangladesh has signed up to and which, as a member of both the Commonwealth and the UN Human Rights Council, it has pledged to uphold.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/07/2016 14:59:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

436540

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to support charities during this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	902473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>In the last five years the number of registered charities has increased by over 2,000, and the sector’s annual income has grown by over £10bn.</p><p /> <p>Looking ahead, the Government’s priority is supporting a strong, independent, transparent and accountable voluntary sector. Plans will include a focus on outcomes based commissioning, restoring public trust in fundraising and strengthening the Charity Commission to protect charities from abuse through the Charities Bill.</p><br /> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 09/12/2015 16:59:18 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

431614

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Devolution: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will undertake analysis of the feasibility of devolving skills and employment powers to London.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	17283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review confirmed that the Mayor of London will jointly commission employment support for the long-term unemployed and will work with government on shaping delivery and provision. The government is strongly committed to devolving powers and responsibilities to the local level and will continue to assess where appropriate the opportunities for future skills and employment support devolution.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/12/2015 14:01:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

431615

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Devolution: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will undertake an analysis of the feasibility of further financial devolution to London.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	17284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The government is strongly committed to devolving powers and responsibilities to the local level. The Chancellor has announced details of the reform to Business Rates nationally whereby Local Government will be able to retain 100% of Business Rates. The government will set out in due course the implications of this reform for London</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/12/2015 14:03:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

225032

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effects on Wales of the Government's long-term economic plan.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	907781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Tackling the deficit and rebalancing the economy are at the heart of our long-term economic plan, to ensure that more wealth is distributed more fairly across the UK, including to Wales.</p><p>The UK is the fastest growing major economy in the world, and Wales is the fastest growing part of the UK. Following thirteen years of Labour mismanagement, we are taking decisive action to protect the economy and deliver a more secure economic future for Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 04/03/2015 15:16:03 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

391191

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her plans are for future funding of education and training for 16 to 19 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	901105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Decisions about how 16-19 institutions will be funded in the academic year 2016/17 and beyond will be subject to the outcome of the next spending review, which will set the budget for education and other public spending for the coming years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/07/2015 15:56:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman