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1010442

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps he has taken through the Industrial Strategy to increase the number of high-quality, well paid jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	907710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>High quality, well paid jobs are a crucial part of our economy and are underpinned by productivity. Our Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost productivity by investing in skills, industries and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>We have overseen the biggest increase in R&amp;D funding in the last 40 years, committing £7 billion by 2023/2024; have the fastest growing infrastructure investment across the G7; and are providing £37bn of additional capital spending, all of which contribute to the creation of high-quality jobs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/11/2018 15:19:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

967972

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism continues to be SEVERE in Northern Ireland, meaning an attack is highly likely.</p><p>Our response to terrorism and paramilitary activity is coordinated, effective and fully resourced.</p><p>This Government remains fully committed to keeping people safe and secure and ensuring that terrorism never succeeds.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/09/2018 14:49:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

941997

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's security services have the resources required to counter terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, the Government committed to spending more than £2 billion per year on counter-terrorism and investing 30% more over the Spending Review period, including £1.4 billion investment in new capabilities for the security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>In light of the changing threat picture set out in our strengthened and updated CONTEST strategy, we have also allocated an additional £50m funding to Counter-Terrorism Policing this year.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 16/07/2018 15:47:32 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

922524

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to her oral response of 6 June 2018, Official Report, column 307, to the hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford, whether terrorist murders in Northern Ireland are being investigated.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	152800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>A number of terrorist murders from the Troubles are actively under investigation by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other police forces. But I am clear that under current mechanisms for investigating the past there is a disproportionate focus on former members of the armed forces and the Police. The Government is committed to ensuring that all outstanding deaths in Northern Ireland should be investigated in ways that are fair, balanced and proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 15/06/2018 13:04:11 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

921350

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	North Korea: South Korea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the military situation on the Korean peninsula.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	905761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Tensions on the Korean peninsula are lower than for some time.</p><p>We look forward to the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un and hope that it results in an agreement that brings about complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.</p><p>I urge Kim Jong-Un to heed the clear message that it is only through a change of course that he can realise the security and prosperity that North Korea claims to seek.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 11/06/2018 15:46:27 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

884156

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to tackle the illegal trade in the drug commonly known as Spice.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government's approach to drugs is working. We are tracking the use of new psychoactive substances (which captures synthetic cannabinoids such as those in 'spice') though the annual Drug Misuse publication, which found that NPS use in England and Wales has fallen from 0.7 per cent in 2015/16 to 0.4 per cent in 2016/17. We recognise that some areas still have problems with synthetic cannabinoids and strongly support the multi-agency approach taken to tackle this.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/04/2018 16:04:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

851469

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Bubonic Plague
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department has taken in response to the recent outbreak of plague in Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>DFID supported the World Health Organisation to send 114 experts, mobilise 1.2 million doses of antibiotics and establish nine treatment centres to assist the Government of Madagascar, where the plague outbreak occurred. Three experts from the UK’s Public Health Rapid Support Team also provided vital support to contain the outbreak.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/02/2018 16:25:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

828666

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Dogs: Electronic Training Aids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department next plans to review the use of electronic shock collars for dogs.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	124324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>We have made clear in the recently updated statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs that the use of any training method that includes physical punishment may cause can cause pain, injury and distress, lead to aggressive responses and worsen the problems they aim to address. However, we keep legislation in this area under review.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/02/2018 12:16:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

828049

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the current classification of the drug commonly know as Spice as a class B substance; and if she will reclassify Spice as a class A substance.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	124009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The group of third generation synthetic cannabinoids, commonly referred to using the brand name ‘spice’, were controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in December 2016. This followed recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that their harms are commensurate with other class B drugs.</p><p>The Government has no plans to reclassify these synthetic cannabinoids at the present time, but we will continue to monitor their misuse.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2018 15:58:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

820842

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Sri Lanka: Religious Freedom
	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 assessment he has made of religious freedom in Sri Lanka; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	122260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the increase in the number of incidents of religious violence and ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka in 2017. We condemn all violence against religious minorities. The freedom to practise, change or share your faith or belief without discrimination or violent opposition is a fundamental human right that all people should enjoy. The UK regularly raises human rights concerns with the Sri Lankan government.</p><p>Through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's work, we seek to work with other states to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief. We work in the UN to ensure that states implement Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18, on combatting religious intolerance, protecting the human rights of minorities and promoting pluralism in society. We work with the UN to support all communities in Sri Lanka , and have committed £6.6 million from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) to help Sri Lanka implement its human rights commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 19/01/2018 14:32:33 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster