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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106095/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) is reporting to interested government departments the movement and expected arrival information of vessels that have been in ports or anchorages in Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone within the Ebola incubation period (21 days). This information is made available to the ports and shipping communities, including port health authorities.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There are six ships on the current Vessels of Interest (VoI) list which have, within the last 21 days, visited ports in the three countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. A total of 67 VoIs has been identified in the last two months. Most of these vessels have not called at a UK port but were rather travelling to neighbouring countries. Of these vessels, none have been identified as having any symptoms of Ebola like virus on board.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what function the National Maritime Intelligence Organisation's Vessels of Interest (VOI) list performs in alerting ports to ships with potential cases of Ebola onboard; and how many ships have been listed on the VOI list in the last two months because of possible Ebola cases.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106096", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has produced for people working in port pilotage on protocol for dealing with ships entering the UK from regions affected by the Ebola virus.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92698", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92698/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The consultees that were specifically invited to respond to the revocation of these merchant shipping regulations are listed as part of the consultation package that is available at:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312182/prposed-revocation-4-package.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312182/prposed-revocation-4-package.pdf<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>We are considering the responses to the consultation and we will publish the Department\u2019s response once we have completed our consideration of the comments we received.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Shipping: Regulation"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what organisations or individuals were specifically invited to respond to his Department's consultation on changing merchant shipping regulations: weighing of goods vehicles and emergency equipment lockers, published on 16 June 2014; and when he plans to publish his Department's response to that consultation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90564", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90564/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>In the last two months Network Rail has had regular meetings with Department officials and train operators to discuss the overall programme of rail improvement in the North of England, including discussion regarding the timing of the temporary closure of the line serving Blackpool North Station. Train operators have put to Network Rail a strong view that the temporary closure of Blackpool North station for the works should fall outside Blackpool\u2019s holiday season.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3974", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Claire Perry"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with Network Rail on the timetable for temporary closure of Blackpool North station in relation to the electrification of line track in the last two months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool South"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gordon Marsden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90565", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90565/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>Network Rail has had regular meetings with Department officials and train operators to discuss the overall programme of rail improvement in the North of England and these have included the implications of any works at Blackpool North station as well as other stations affected. The Network Rail and industry process has ensured that the new Blackpool North infrastructure has the capacity and the capability to handle the projected medium and long term demand growth.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3974", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Claire Perry"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Blackpool North Station"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with Network Rail on the implications of the works at and around Blackpool North station for (a) capacity, (b) flexibility and (c) frequency of services in and out of Blackpool North station.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool South"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gordon Marsden"}
      ], "uin" : "208141"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90566", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90566/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>The Department for Transport will publish a Stakeholder Briefing Document alongside the Invitations to Tender for the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, which are expected to be published in December this year. This document will provide a summary of responses to the consultation and how they have been taken account of in the specifications. There are no plans to publish all of the responses to the consultation in full.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Railways: North of England"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish in full the public responses to the consultation on the future franchise proposals covering routes currently served by Northern and Transpennine Express trains; and if he will publish, either in summary or full, the responses to that consultation before any decision on the award of the new franchises.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool South"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gordon Marsden"}
      ], "uin" : "208135"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77734", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77734/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>No discussion have been held between Ministers at the Department for Transport and representatives of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the effect of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Officials at the MCA were consulted and provided data for the report prepared for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Government in May 2013.<\/p><p> <\/p><p />"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Maritime Coastguard Agency about the effect of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool South"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gordon Marsden"}
      ], "uin" : "205661"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77735", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77735/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>In 2013 the number of reported incidents likely to have been caused by sky lanterns was 129. This figure was collated using the same definition of an incident as used in the statistic of an incident in the report prepared for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Government in May 2013.<\/p>"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Rescue Services: Sky Lanterns"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the definition of 'incidents' on page 18 of the report Sky lanterns and helium balloons, published by his Department in May 2013, how many such incidents were caused by sky lanterns in 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gordon Marsden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77736", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77736/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>The report acknowledges the rise in incidents involving sky lanterns up to 2010 and the fall in incident numbers since that date. This trend continued into 2013, with 129 attributable incidents.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The MCA believes that this reduction is likely to have been assisted by the following mitigation:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><ul><li>Since 2009, the vast majority of manufacturers of sky lanterns appear to have complied with the request to place a warning on their packaging advising users not to release lanterns in the marine environment, and asking users to pre-warn the emergency authorities in the area if they intend to release lanterns. Some users have also complied with this request.<\/li><\/ul><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ul><li>The MCA has distributed a short film via \u2018YouTube' giving advice on the use of sky lanterns near the coast.<\/li><\/ul><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ul><li>The MCA has also improved the instructions given to HMCG watchkeepers to assist their questioning of callers and information gathering, so that they can quickly establish the nature and particular characteristics of what the caller has observed in the sky.<\/li><\/ul><\/p><p> <\/p><p><ul><li>Volunteer and full-time Coastguards include advice on the use of sky lanterns in the safety information they provide to members and organisations in their local communities.<\/li><\/ul><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The report shows no evidence of any adverse impacts of helium balloons on coastal rescue services.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Currently there is no legislation to prevent the use of sky lanterns. However, the MCA will continue to assess how to minimise the implications of their use generally.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>No discussions have been held between Ministers at the Department for Transport and representatives of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the awareness and use of sky lanterns on the Coastguard's operations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p />"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Maritime Coastguard Agency on (a) initiatives to increase public awareness of the effects sky lanterns can have on coastguard services and (b) what action can be taken to discourage the use of red sky lanterns.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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