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225859

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Land Registry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions rights have been registered on the Land Register through adverse possession in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	226640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Land Registry does not hold the information on the number of occasions where applications for adverse possession have been registered in the last 3 years. ‘Adverse Possessions’ fall within the general category ‘First Registrations’ which, as the name suggests, are applications for title to unregistered land.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/03/2015 16:40:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

225870

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 February 2015, HCWS292, on protecting public money, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on implementation of his policies on government lobbying government, lobbying by sock puppets, lobbying by local enterprise partnerships and lobbying by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	226713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet Cabinet Office colleagues to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, I observe that the. hon. Member has recently disagreed with the proposals in the Written Ministerial Statement, opposing the new measures which seek to ensure probity on how taxpayers’ money is spent.</p><p> </p><p>I would simply note that nothing in that Written Statement prevents the voluntary sector campaigning using their own funds. It is reasonable however to ask that taxpayers’ money for specified projects is not diverted away from the commissioned frontline services or activity laid out in that grant agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the inclusion of the new clause on lobbying, long-standing grant agreements already specified types of expenditure which were inappropriate, including entertainment, gifts to individuals and activities of a political nature. All grants are audited to ensure that they only pay for eligible expenditure. I would be interested to know if the hon. Member also opposes these existing checks and balances on the use of taxpayers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, documents published during the March 2010 Budget noted that Arms Length Bodies “must not use public funds to employ external public affairs or other consultants to lobby Parliament or Government with the principle aim of altering government policy or to obtain increased funding” (HM Treasury, <em>Reforming Arm’s Length Bodies</em>, 24 March 2010, p. 15; although the small print of a footnote watered down the substantive policy). Whilst I appreciate that HM Opposition may take a different stance now, even the fag end of the last Labour Government conceded the principle that there was inappropriate taxpayer-funded lobbying in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/03/2015 10:06:15 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

225873

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's proposed exceptions policy, whether starter homes can count towards affordable housing obligations on sites for development outside designated starter homes exceptions areas.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	226673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to my Department’s guidance on the national starter home exception site policy, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 226652 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:10:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

225877

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued on windfarms in the vicinity of radar installations following the installation of TPS-77 radar systems; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	226641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working with the wind industry to offer guidance to wind energy developers proposing wind turbine construction in the vicinity of TPS-77 radar systems. Because each wind farm is unique, the MOD offers tailored guidance to individual wind farm developers on a case-by-case basis. MOD engagement is available as part of the MOD's pre-application consultation service, accessed via the MOD and the Renewable UK websites at the following links.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wind-farms-ministry-of-defence-safeguarding/wind-farms-mod-safeguarding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wind-farms-ministry-of-defence-safeguarding/wind-farms-mod-safeguarding</a></p><p><a href="http://www.renewableuk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.renewableuk.com/</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/03/2015 17:15:05 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

225885

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cyprus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what area of acacia trees was removed from Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area in 2014; and what the cost was of such action.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	226722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Mark Francois) spoke to the Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on 6 March 2015 and informed him that approximately 7.02 hectares of acacia trees were removed from within the firing zone of the range at Cape Pyla in the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area between November and December 2014. The work to remove the trees and associated illegal irrigation cost approximately €130,000.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/03/2015 16:40:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

225902

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Poultry Meat: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on the import from the US of chemically-treated poultry.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
uin	226672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>All food imported from the US must adhere to EU rules and TTIP will not change that. Any changes to food safety measures in the European Union must be subject to a robust scientific risk assessment and agreed by EU Member States and the European Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/03/2015 11:38:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

225916

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime Museum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of reopening the Metropolitan Police Crime Museum.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	226710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The operating cost of the Crime Museum is a matter for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime working with the Metropolitan Police Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/03/2015 14:37:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

225932

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) HS2 Ltd in the last two years on the effects on chalk aquifers of tunnelling activities associated with the high speed rail route in the Chilterns.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	226723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>As part of the Environmental Statement published in November 2013 HS2 Ltd undertook a Water Resources Assessment which included consideration of effects on chalk aquifers in relevant locations. The effects identified can be found in the Environmental Statement Volume 2, CFA 8 and 9, Chapter 13 and Volume 5: Water Resources Assessment for CFA 8 and 9.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/03/2015 15:30:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

225933

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effect of High Speed 2 on (a) the Misbourne, Colne and Chess rivers, (b) chalk acquifers and (c) other bodies of water; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	226724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The avoidance and mitigation measures to address any effects of HS2 on water bodies (including the Misbourne, Colne and Chess rivers, and chalk acquifers) are set out in Volume 2 of the Environmental Statement (in Chapter 13 of each Community Forum Area Report) and the Volume 5 Water Resources reports of the Environmental Statement, published in November 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/03/2015 15:34:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

225934

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost per mile of high speed rail construction for Phase 1 of High Speed 2 in (a) tunnelled and (b) non-tunnelled sections of the route.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	226725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest estimates that my Department has for Phase 1 provides an estimated average cost per mile for infrastructure in tunnels at £180m per mile, with non-tunnelled sections of the route being estimated at approximately £70m per mile.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/03/2015 15:38:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan