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642133

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date	22/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of the Law Officers' Departments cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	54188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical and in that context all relevant legislation is currently being identified and assessed.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/11/2016 11:52:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

642134

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will ensure that the prosecution of cybercrime is prioritised by the CPS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	54246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Cybercrime is one of the Government’s current key threat areas. On 24 November 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published a new strategy statement and legal guidance on Cybercrime to align its prosecution policy with the aims of the UK Cyber Security Strategy and the Serious Organised Crime Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS works in partnership with law enforcement to pursue and prosecute all cyber criminality referred to it where the tests set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors are met, in line with CPS and National Strategies.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/11/2016 11:23:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

642135

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Victim Personal Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that courts take account of the content of victims' statements in considering judgments passed on people found guilty of committing crimes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	54247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Victim Personal Statements (VPS) give victims a voice in criminal proceedings, allowing them to express exactly how they were affected by a crime, and helping the offender to understand the harm they caused.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance states that the prosecutor should ensure that the Court is aware of any VPS prior to sentencing. It should be read out in its entirety unless there is good reason for not doing so, and subject to any decision the court makes in respect of the VPS.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS is chairing a multi-agency working group to address the recommendations of the Victims’ Commissioner’s thematic review of the use of Victim Personal Statements and ensure the victim’s voice is always heard when they wish to be heard.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/11/2016 11:18:12 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

642136

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Counselling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving the availability in courts of counsellors and psychiatrists to help victims of sexual offences.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	54248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting all vulnerable victims and witnesses throughout the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Criminal justice and support for victims are a matter for devolved administrations in Northern Ireland and Scotland.</p><p>The government is also committed to ensuring that victims of sexual offences receive the support that they need. This includes funding for Independent Sexual Violence Advisors, who do not have to be qualified counsellors or psychiatrists, but who can accompany victims through the court process, as a supporter. The Ministry of Justice also provides funding to 86 female rape support centres across England and Wales providing independent, specialist support to female victims of both recent and historic sexual violence including Child Sexual Abuse, as well as funding for 12 male rape support centres, a support website and a pilot national helpline for male victims of rape and sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 22/12/2016 01:40:37 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

642138

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Breastfeeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what (a) facilities and (b) other support the Law Officers' Departments provide for (i) visitors and (ii) staff for (A) lactating mothers and (B) the expressing of breast milk.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	54367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Staff and visitors to One Kemble Street, the main office of both GLD and HMCPSI, have access to a lockable room with a fridge that allows private expressing and storage of milk. The key to the room is available on request.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Attorney General’s Office, which occupies a different premises, has no dedicated staff area but there are a number of meeting spaces that can be made completely private and secure which are available to staff and visitors for this purpose.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>In all Crown Prosecution Service offices, the appropriate rest facilities and access to a refrigerator are made available to all staff and visitors for lactating mothers and the expressing of breast milk.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the workplace regulations 1992 (section 25.4) the Serious Fraud Office provides rest facilities for all staff and visitors who are lactating mothers or who may wish to express breast milk. The SFO has one welfare room with lying down facilities and two quiet rooms that can be used for these purposes within their offices.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/11/2016 11:49:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

642139

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Breastfeeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) facilities and (b) other support his Department provides for (i) visitors and (ii) staff for (A) lactating mothers and (B) the expressing of breast milk.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	54368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service has a history of working to increase the support and opportunities available to parents across the Civil Service.</p><p>The law requires all employers to provide somewhere for a breastfeeding employee to rest and lie down, in line with Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.</p><p>Spaces in buildings are provided for breast-feeding, whether they be staff or visitors.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 29/11/2016 10:32:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

642140

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of his Department cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	54189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical.</p><p>The Government will set out the content of the Bill and its implications in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 29/11/2016 10:22:15 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

642142

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the amount the Government has spent on the 2018 boundary review to date; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	54390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Following laws passed by Parliament, the independent and impartial Boundary Commissions are currently consulting on their proposals to deliver the Boundary Review, and they will submit their final proposals to Parliament in autumn 2018. These reforms will ensure fair and equal representation for the voting public across the United Kingdom by the next general election, and also delivers on the Government’s manifesto pledge to reduce the size of the Commons which will save an estimated £66 million over the course of a Parliament.</p><p>Equalising the size of constituencies in the Boundary Review will ensure everyone’s vote will carry equal weight. Without such boundary reforms, MPs could end up representing constituencies based on data that is over 20 years’ old, disregarding significant changes in demographics, house building and migration. As it stands, some constituencies have twice as many electors than other constituencies and this cannot be right.</p><p>The four Boundary Commissions have, to date, spent approximately £2.3 million on the conduct of the current Boundary Review. This is money which would be wasted under the Labour Party’s proposals to try to block and delay this independent Review (as per the divisions of 18 November 2016, <em>Official Report</em>, Columns 563-666).</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/11/2016 11:51:43 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

642143

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Travel: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on (a) London's economy and (b) household incomes of the introduction of a five euros charge for people travelling from London to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	54387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the European Commission’s proposal to establish a European Travel information and Authentication System.</p><p> </p><p>At every step of the negotiations to leave the EU we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 30/11/2016 16:57:14 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

642148

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trade: Channel Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the net benefits to the UK economy of trade with Jersey and Guernsey.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	54118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury has made no assessment of the net benefits to the UK economy of trade with Jersey and Guernsey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 30/11/2016 16:03:30 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell