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516595

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he last discussed the UK's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights with the Home Secretary.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>I meet regularly with Ministerial colleagues, including the Home Secretary, to discuss important issues of common interest, including domestic and international human rights law. I am not able to provide information about any legal content of those discussions because, by longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised, or have not advised, and the content of their advice is not disclosed outside government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 35969 question first answered 10/05/2016 15:54:47 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516596

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the UK's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>I meet regularly with Ministerial colleagues, including the Home Secretary, to discuss important issues of common interest, including domestic and international human rights law. I am not able to provide information about any legal content of those discussions because, by longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised, or have not advised, and the content of their advice is not disclosed outside government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 35968 question first answered 10/05/2016 15:54:47 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516645

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Protector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what missions HMS Protector is currently undertaking; and how many missions that ship has undertaken in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>HMS PROTECTOR, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship, provides a United Kingdom Sovereign presence in the British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime areas.</p><p>PROTECTOR is currently in the South Atlantic and is focussed on the provision of support to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including Antarctic Treaty inspections and station visits in support of the British Antarctic Survey, and survey activity, primarily to increase charting coverage of Antarctic shipping routes and the United Kingdom Overseas Territories. She recently successfully deployed unmanned aerial vehicles for the first time to assist with navigating through the Antarctic.</p><p>Since entering service in 2011, PROTECTOR has been deployed to the South Atlantic from December 2011 to May 2013; and from October 2013 to April 2015. In October 2015, she again deployed from the United Kingdom, arriving in the region this spring, having conducted a circumnavigation of the globe.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/05/2016 15:21:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516646

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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	Antarctica: Fisheries
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 taking to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Antarctica.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK is an active member of the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (the Commission) established under the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The Commission is an integral part of the Antarctic Treaty System. The Commission has established robust monitoring and enforcement both at sea and through port state controls to eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated activities within the Convention Area.</p><p>HMS Protector patrols waters within the Convention Area and during 2015 undertook a circumnavigation of Antarctic waters, undertaking the Commission inspections in collaboration with Australian and New Zealand colleagues.</p><p>The UK undertook unprecedented action against illegal, unreported and unregulated practises during 2015 by tackling individuals and companies who derive economic benefit from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, going beyond those who are directly engaged in such activities. British insurance companies now undertake checks against regional fisheries bodies’ illegal, unreported and unregulated lists and Interpol databases, before any vessel insurance is agreed.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/05/2016 13:31:30 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516649

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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	Antarctica: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many instances of (a) illegal and (b) unregulated fishing have been recorded in Antarctic waters by the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2016 answer text <p>Over the last five years the UK has not identified any instances of illegal or unregulated fishing within the Convention Area. This is in part due to the reduction in the global illegal, unreported and unregulated fleet and the stringent measures put in place by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (the Commission). Where other States Parties have identified illegal, unreported and unregulated operations, the UK has worked within the Commission to take steps to combat those activities.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/05/2016 11:58:13 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516676

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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	Burma: 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 representations he has made to his Burmese counterpart on the arrest and imprisonment of human rights activist U Gambira; and whether he has made an assessment of the living conditions of his imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	36100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We are concerned by the arrest and imprisonment of U Gambira. Together with our international partners we have been following his case closely, including attending court hearings on his case. While we have not made a formal assessment of the living conditions of his imprisonment, we are aware that a number of local and international NGOs have expressed general concerns about the <br>conditions in Burmese prisons. The UK has consistently lobbied the Government of Burma to release all political prisoners.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/05/2016 14:38:29 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516702

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purpose was of the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxsis stakeholder consultation in January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>All specialised commissioning policy propositions go through a short period of stakeholder testing to check, amongst other things, whether all relevant evidence has been considered.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/05/2016 14:10:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516187

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Academies: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether sixth form colleges will be affected by VAT regulations if they convert to a 16 to 19 academy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Sixth form colleges that become academies will be subject to the same VAT rules as other academies.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/05/2016 12:25:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516255

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Seas and Oceans: Pollution Control
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 her Department is taking to reduce (a) microbeads entering and (b) rubbish in marine environments.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Marine Strategy Part Three, published in December 2015, sets out the actions we are taking to improve the marine environment. It includes measures that contribute to reducing sources of marine litter, including plastics. Given the trans-boundary nature of marine litter, we are working with other countries in the Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (OSPAR) to address marine litter.</p><p> </p><p>On microbeads in particular, Defra is working with other OSPAR countries and industry to secure the voluntary phasing-out of microplastics in personal care products. Defra is also supporting other EU Member States in calling for the European Commission to come up with proposals to ban microbeads in cosmetics and detergents.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2016 12:38:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

516315

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported in (a) London and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The most recent NHS data published on 8 March shows that between October – December 2015 there were 1,316 newly identified cases of FGM within the NHS. A breakdown of this information by region is available at: www.hscic.gov.uk, as are earlier reports.</p><p>In addition, data released by the Ministry of Justice on 31 March shows that since their introduction in July 2015, 32 FGM Protection Orders were issued between July and December 2015.</p><p>A new mandatory reporting duty requiring regulated health and social care professionals and teachers to report known cases of FGM in under 18s to the police came into force on 31 October 2015. The duty will help increase the number of referrals to the police in order to deter perpetrators and in turn prevent this appalling crime from happening.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/05/2016 15:49:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West