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The UK will continue to lead responses to humanitarian emergencies, responding rapidly to save lives, as we did recently in Nepal. Preparing for disasters is critical and the UK will push globally for more to be done, including at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016.<\/p>
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The Chancellor announced in the Budget on 18 March that the Government will ensure that all widows, widowers and civil partners of police officers and firefighters who are killed on duty will no longer lose their survivor benefits if they remarry, cohabit, or form a civil partnership.<\/p>
The Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government will set out further details in due course.<\/p>
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The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Noise Act 1996 already provide local authorities with the necessary powers to tackle problem neighbour noise. This legislation allows local authorities to serve notices to stop the noise and prevent it from happening again.<\/p>
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The Government has also introduced more effective anti-social behaviour powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. One of the powers is the Community Protection Notice which the police and local authorities can use to tackle behaviour that is having a detrimental effect on the quality of life of the community, is persistent or continuing and is unreasonable. In addition, apart from the statutory guidance, the Government has also published an information note highlighting how the new powers can be used to deal with noisy neighbours.<\/p>
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The Government has no plans to change the funding available to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.<\/p>
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The focus remains on finding and paying those policyholders who remain untraced.<\/p>
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As part of the Government programme of establishing local television services, in the last year two stations have been issued with licences in Leeds and Sheffield that not only broadcast across Yorkshire but also provide career and training opportunities in TV. Screen Yorkshire, which has been in existence for over 10 years, has also been at the forefront of championing the film, TV, games and digital industries in Yorkshire. Some examples of programmes what have been filmed in Yorkshire include: Tyrannosaur, Death Comes to Pemberley, Peaky Blinders, Catch Me Deadly and the new film version of Dad\u2019s Army for release next year. Under Section 337 of the Communications Act, Ofcom requires broadcasters through licence conditions to make arrangements for equal opportunities and training, and to publish observations on this annually.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wantage"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Vaizey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-03-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-09T16:53:48.647Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Broadcasting Programmes: Yorkshire and the Humber"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase investment and training in television production in Yorkshire.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4079", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Julian Sturdy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "York Outer"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Julian Sturdy"} ], "uin" : "225878"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/178206", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/178206/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In accordance with Rule 248 of the Highway Code, motorists are prohibited from parking a vehicle against the direction of traffic at night unless it is on a part of the road set aside for the parking of vehicles. The Police and local authorities have powers to enforce against this type of dangerous parking.<\/p>
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This requirement is less of an issue during daylight hours when parked vehicles can be seen more easily, although Rule 239 of the Highway Code states \u201cdo not park facing against the traffic flow\u201d.<\/p>
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The draft Regulations relating to the extension of the Warm Home Discount to 2015/16 were laid in Parliament on 12th<\/sup> January. We intend to publish the consultation response later this month.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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