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887059

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date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the law on the use of medicinal cannabis to expand its availability for people with (a) chronic pain and b) long-term degenerative conditions for whom other treatments haven't worked.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that people with chronic pain and debilitating illnesses will look to alleviate their symptoms. Raw cannabis has no established medicinal or therapeutic benefits in the UK and so it is listed as a Schedule 1 drug under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, and consequently subject to strict control restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The World Health Organisation’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence has committed to reviewing the scheduling of cannabis under the United Nation’s 1961 Convention. This is due to consider the therapeutic use, as well as the dependence and the potential to abuse constituent parts of cannabis. We will await the outcome of this report before considering the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/04/2018 17:14:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887095

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the registration of EU nationals for indefinite leave after the UK leaves the EU, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	136660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>In December 2017 we delivered on our commitment to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK before we leave the EU in March 2019. This was further established in March, when a reciprocal deal was agreed extending citizens’ rights until the end of the implementation period – December 2020.</p><p>The Home Office is making good progress in developing the system to issue immigration status to all resident EU citizens, and their family members, and intend to launch the settlement scheme at the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2018 11:07:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

887096

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the National Fire Chiefs Council on reducing fires in the home with an electrical source of ignition.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	136661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>As a standing member of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Home Safety Committee, Home Office officials routinely discuss electrical safety issues with the NFCC to ensure opportunities to drive down electrical fires and promote electrical safety are utilised.</p><p>The Department has facilitated close links between the NFCC, product safety officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the sector-led Register My Appliance initiative to encourage fire and rescue services to increase the focus on electrical and product safety within their engagement with members of the public.</p><p>The Home Office’s national fire safety campaign, run in partnership with the NFCC, collaborates with Electrical Safety First to run the annual Electrical Fire Safety Week. The Week is used by fire and rescue services and others to promote electrical fire safety messages.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/04/2018 14:14:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

887097

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy on reducing the number of electrical fires in the home caused by faulty white goods.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	136662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has collaborated with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to support and promote the Register My Appliance initiative, run by the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances. This is designed to improve product recall rates and ensure a greater number of faulty products can be traced and either repaired or removed from homes.</p><p>Home Office officials will continue to work closely with product safety officials, following the creation of the Office of Product Safety and Standards, to explore what else can be done to support their work around faulty white goods.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/04/2018 14:16:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

887132

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	136697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Operation Gull in Northern Ireland is an intelligence-led operation. As such, its effectiveness is subject to continuous review in line with evolving</p><p>intelligence. No discussions have been held with the Northern Ireland authorities on the future of Operation Gull.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 136699 question first answered 24/04/2018 10:52:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

887134

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland authorities on the future of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	136699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Operation Gull in Northern Ireland is an intelligence-led operation. As such, its effectiveness is subject to continuous review in line with evolving</p><p>intelligence. No discussions have been held with the Northern Ireland authorities on the future of Operation Gull.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 136697 question first answered 24/04/2018 10:52:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

887160

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum from Pakistani Christians were (a) made and (b) granted in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	136724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The way information is stored on asylum claims means it is often not possible to report on the reasons for a claim without conducting a manual search of both paper and electronic records. Therefore, we cannot identify how many asylum claims have been made or granted leave, for claimants from a particular religion in a particular country.</p><p> </p><p>Published data relating to the outcomes of asylum claims from each country (including Pakistan) can be found in tab as_01 at volume 1 of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2018 11:02:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

887174

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Retail Crime Steering Group
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 21 March 2018 to Question 132685, when the National Crime Steering Group's work plan was last updated; how often that work plan is published; and what assessment she has made of whether the objectives of that work plan have been achieved.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The work plan of the National Retail Crime Steering Group is kept up to date on an ongoing basis, and is formally reviewed by the Steering Group when it meets, twice per year.</p><p> </p><p>As co-chair of the Steering Group, alongside the British Retail Consortium, it is part of my role to ensure that members of the Steering Group are satisfied that the work plan reflects the retail sector’s crime priorities and that the required activity is in place to deliver its component parts. I am satisfied that this is currently the case, and I will review this with the full Steering Group at our next meeting, which is due to take place in June.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/04/2018 13:01:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887176

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crime
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 11 April 2018 to Question 132690, what the British Retail Consortium's estimate of the cost of crime to the UK retail industry was for each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The British Retail Consortium publishes its estimate of the cost of retail crime as part of its annual retail crime survey. This is published by the British Retail Consortium on its website: <a href="https://brc.org.uk" target="_blank">https://brc.org.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/04/2018 12:59:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887187

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she or Ministers of her Department have given guidance to police authorities on dealing with cases of tax rebate fraud; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	136751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC provides advice on the Gov.UK website to raise awareness about fraudulent emails and texts suggesting that the recipient is entitled to a tax rebate. HMRC also provides details of where such emails and texts may be reported.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/04/2018 15:51:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray