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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226712, what steps his Department is taking to give due consideration to the Public Sector Equality Duty in terms of the effect on Gypsy and Traveller communities during the review into how to criminalise the act of trespassing when setting up an unauthorised encampment.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	244190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Acting on the findings of the last year’s Government consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, where the majority of respondents believed that the Government should consider criminalising unauthorised encampments, the Home Office launched a review into whether this could be achieved.</p><p>All government departments have an ongoing responsibility to meet the Public Sector Equalities Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. As such, when formulating any policy changes following the consultation, ministers must have due regard to the three limbs of the PSED: (1) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act, (2) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not, and (3) foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/04/2019 12:35:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1052418

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to reclassify cannabis use as a health and not a criminal issue.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	215603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of reviewing the classification of cannabis and it will remain a class B drug. The evidence from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is that cannabis is a “significant public health issue and can unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society”.</p><p>The Government’s Drug Strategy 2017 underlines the importance of coordinated action to tackle the harms of drugs through reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery and taking global action</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/02/2019 17:44:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1003706

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police plan to pursue an investigation into the alleged fraud committed by Vote Leave during the EU referendum 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	189803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of an investigation into the campaign spending of Vote Leave and other campaigners during the 2016 EU referendum, the Electoral Commission made two referrals to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) regarding potential criminal offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The first referral was received by the MPS on 11 May 2018 and the second was received on 17 July 2018. On 7 September 2018 the MPS received over 2000 documents from the Electoral Commission in relation to both referrals.</p><p>The decision to launch an investigation is entirely an operational matter for the police. It would not be appropriate for Ministers to comment on operational decisions made by the MPS concerning the Electoral Commission’s referrals.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 18:36:32 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel