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418904

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date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with energy companies on the competitiveness of energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2015 answer text <p>DECC Ministers and officials meet energy company representatives on a regular basis to discuss market issues. Recent meetings have included discussions on the provisional findings of the Competition and Market Authority’s inquiry into the energy markets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/09/2015 14:19:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418917

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Fisheries: North Sea
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 steps she is taking to increase cod fishing quotas in the North Sea.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>I will be seeking the best possible outcome for the UK on North Sea cod in this year’s EU quota negotiations, consistent with the scientific advice and our commitment to achieve maximum sustainable yield (MSY) under the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/09/2015 17:00:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418918

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Avian Influenza
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 measures her Department has in place to control avian influenza outbreaks.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain sets out how an outbreak of avian influenza would be managed and what measures would be applied in such an eventuality. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy-for-great-britain" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy-for-great-britain</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland has published its own notifiable avian disease control strategy covering Northern Ireland. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dardni.gov.uk/index/animal-health-and-welfare/disease-control-prevention/notifiable-epizootic-avian-disease-control-strategy.htm" target="_blank">www.dardni.gov.uk/index/animal-health-and-welfare/disease-control-prevention/notifiable-epizootic-avian-disease-control-strategy.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/09/2015 10:44:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418919

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Avian Influenza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many avian influenza outbreaks there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>There were no outbreaks of avian influenza in Great Britain in 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, there was one case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015, there have been two cases of avian influenza: one low severity H7N7 case in Hampshire and one highly pathogenic H7N7 case in Lancashire. The two cases were not linked.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has not been an outbreak of avian influenza in Northern Ireland in the past five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/09/2015 14:46:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418920

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Japanese Knotweed
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 steps she is taking to minimise the spread of knotweed.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Between 2011 and March 2015, Defra provided grant aid to help set up and establish 29 local action groups throughout England to tackle invasive non-native species, including Japanese knotweed. The establishment of these groups was intended to generate a self-sustaining network to tackle these threats. The majority have managed to reduce or eradicate Japanese knotweed from riparian areas and are continuing to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Defra has been funding research to make a biocontrol agent available to control the plant and has identified the psyllid, <em>Aphalara itadori</em>. Although it has not yet been possible to achieve self-sustaining populations of the psyllid in the wild, a new release programme was undertaken this summer in riparian areas, utilising local action groups to aid release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The recent provisions of Community Protection notices, provided for in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, are also available for use by local authorities to control or prevent the growth of Japanese knotweed where they are satisfied that there is a case to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/09/2015 09:48:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418927

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Saudi Arabia: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the main conclusions were of his Department's recent discussions with the Saudi Arabian government on the persecution of Christians in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The British Government’s position on human rights in Saudi Arabia is a matter of public record. We regularly make our views well known, including through the UN Universal Periodic Review process and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual Human Rights and Democracy Report. We continue to raise human rights concerns with the Saudi Arabian authorities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/09/2015 15:12:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418928

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Turkey: Kurds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Turkish government on achieving a truce between Turkish armed forces and Kurdish militants.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>We have made clear, in our communication with the Turkish Government, the importance of finding a way back to the peace process, in the interests of Turkey and the wider region. The UK condemns the PKK’s ( Kurdistan Workers' Party) recent attacks in Turkey, as we condemn all terrorism. Our thoughts are with the families of those killed. We have called on the PKK to cease this violence. I raised these issues in a meeting with my Turkish counterpart on 14 August, and in my statement on 9 September. I also made these points to the co-chair of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party), Selahattin Demirtaş, on 25 August.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/09/2015 14:07:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418929

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	North Korea: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UN and (b) South Korean government on human right abuses in North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>We regularly discuss the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) appalling human rights record with close allies and partners. In August, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), met the Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister, Yun Byung-se, in Seoul for a wide-ranging dialogue. This included discussion of how the UK and the Republic of Korea could work together to improve the DPRK’s human rights record. In September, I travelled to the UN in Geneva. During this visit, I met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad, and raised the human rights situation in the DPRK. While in Geneva, I also addressed the UN Human Rights Council, where I set out the Government’s particular concerns in the DPRK.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/09/2015 14:42:45 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418932

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	2,4-dinitrophenol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died after taking dinitrophenol in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:57:03 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ10264.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Dinitrophenal Death
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418933

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce and (b) monitor the sale of prescription drugs on the internet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, all categories of medicines may be traded online legally but in the case of prescription only medicines (POM) and pharmacy (P) medicines, these may only be sold or supplied to the public through registered pharmacy premises (by or under the supervision of a pharmacist). Additionally, POMs may only be supplied in response to a prescription from an authorised healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A UK registered pharmacy may have a presence on the internet; however the requirements of legislation apply equally to both UK internet pharmacies and bricks-and-mortar premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) monitors the internet for websites operating outside legal requirements and, in collaboration with Internet Service Providers, takes steps to close down sites both in the UK and abroad. The MHRA has closed down 1,973 websites (including those based overseas) during 2015 alone and brought into compliance many others.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The illegal sale and supply of medicines via Internet poses considerable risks to UK patients but this is in essence a global problem and the MHRA is working with other regulators, law enforcement authorities and Government Departments within the UK, European Union and elsewhere to address the complex issues involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/09/2015 14:47:22 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon