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1078472

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date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer: Focal Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for prostate cancer more widely through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technique where high frequency ultrasound waves are aimed at the cancer, heating up the cells with the aim to causing cell death and eradicating the cancer. The technique was reviewed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2012 who concluded that the evidence on the efficacy of treatment was limited and recommended that HIFU be used in the research setting only (Interventional procedures guidance IPG424). For this reason, use of the technique in the National Health Service is limited to research only and there are currently no plans to extend use of the technique without development of the current evidence base.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/03/2019 16:51:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1078707

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Kashmir: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterparts in India and Pakistan on immediately reducing tensions in that region.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned about rising tensions between India and Pakistan. The UK has been, and continues to be, in close contact at senior levels in both countries.</p><p>The Prime Minister spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on 3 March to welcome his commitment to reducing tensions with India, and to emphasise the importance of Pakistan taking action against all terrorist groups in support of global efforts to combat terrorism. During a visit to India on 1 March, I met Indian Foreign Secretary Gokhale to express the UK's concern at current tensions and to encourage a peaceful diplomatic solution. On Wednesday 27 February, I spoke to both the Indian and Pakistan High Commissioners on these issues. On Monday 25 February, the Foreign Secretary spoke to his Indian and Pakistani counterparts, Sushma Swaraj and Shah Mahmood Qureshi respectively, to discuss the situation. He spoke to Shah Mahmood Qureshi again on Thursday 28 February.</p><p>We welcome the fact that both countries have said they do not want to escalate tensions. We are working hard with them and our international partners to encourage de-escalation and to ensure regional stability.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/03/2019 17:54:38 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1078709

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has put in place a target for the national average rate of childhood obesity by the end of the current Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not set a target to reduce the national average rate of childhood obesity by the end of the current Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Chapter two of our world-leading childhood obesity plan, published in June 2018, sets a bold ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030 and significantly reduce the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030. We have reiterated this ambition in our vision document ‘Prevention is better than cure’ published on 5 November 2018, and in the ‘NHS Long Term Plan’ published on 8 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action, chapter 2’ is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/03/2019 17:05:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1078711

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the level of up-take of the winter flu jab in 2018 among people in (a) lower and (b) higher income groups.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England does not hold the requested data in this format.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/03/2019 16:59:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1078713

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) vessels and (b) personnel patrolling the English Channel in relation to people attempting to enter the country illegally.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>During 2018, over 500 migrants - mostly Iranian - attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels. 80% of them attempted this in the last three months of the year.</p><p><br>As a result, the Home Secretary redeployed two Border Force cutters from overseas to the UK providing four cutters available to operate in channel UK waters. In addition to the four cutters, Border Force has two Coastal Patrol Vessels on operation in the English Channel.</p><p><br>However, this is not an issue that can be resolved by maritime resources alone. Border Force Cutters form part of a layered approach to coastal defence, including on-shore resources and intelligence and surveillance to detect efforts to smuggle guns and drugs or facilitate illegal entry into the country.</p><p><br>But we haven’t been doing this work alone. We have been working closely with French authorities to tackle this issue. Around 40% of the attempts last year were either disrupted by French law enforcement or returned to France via French agencies.</p><p><br>Through these efforts, we reduced the number of individuals attempting the crossing from around 250 in December to around 90 in both January and February.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/03/2019 17:03:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1077215

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of urgently bringing forward legislative proposals for the regulation of the sale of pre-paid funeral plans under the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	225427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The government launched a call for evidence on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans in June 2018, having concluded that the current framework of self-regulation is not sufficient to ensure the fair treatment of consumers, and a more robust regulatory regime is needed.</p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence was launched in order to aid in the design of a more appropriate regulatory framework and noted that government’s initial preferred approach is to bring all funeral plan contracts into the scope of FCA regulation.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has now analysed the submissions to the call for evidence on pre-paid funeral plans and is currently reviewing the available policy options.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/02/2019 15:45:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1077216

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he increase the Making Tax Digital threshold of £85,000 turnover per annum from 1 April 2019 to help support sole traders.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	225428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>I updated the House on progress in implementing Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT on 19 February 2019: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-19/debates/802C22E7-88AF-4B3D-A5A6-E98E60F54E50/MakingTaxDigital" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-19/debates/802C22E7-88AF-4B3D-A5A6-E98E60F54E50/MakingTaxDigital</a></p><p> </p><p>Most sole traders who are registered for VAT are below the threshold and are therefore already exempt from MTD, though they can choose to join the new service. The decision announced in July 2017 to exempt businesses below the VAT registration threshold responded to feed back about the impact of MTD on the smallest businesses. There are currently no plans to increase the threshold for MTD for VAT.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is working to support small businesses that need help to transition to MTD and engage digitally.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/02/2019 11:32:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1062060

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Passports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet with the Home Secretary to discuss the long-standing anomaly whereby Northern Ireland residents born in the Irish Republic since 1949 continue to face restrictions on obtaining UK passports.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>I am aware of your long-standing interest in this issue and my Department has raised this matter with the Home Office who are responsible for this policy.</p><p>Under Common Travel Area arrangements British and Irish citizens have the right to enter and remain in the other state without requiring permission.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 20/02/2019 16:13:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1062064

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the next planned review date is for the assessment and management of motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that the guideline on ‘Motor Neurone Disease: assessment and management’ is currently not scheduled for review. NICE has processes in place to periodically review its guidelines to ensure that they reflect the latest available evidence. Such reviews are normally carried out every five years. As the guideline was published in 2016, the latest the surveillance review would be undertaken will be 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>If significant new evidence that is likely to affect the guideline’s recommendations emerges before then, NICE is able to bring forward the surveillance review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 17:39:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1061151

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of private sector jobs that would be created in Northern Ireland as a result of a successful bid from Northern Ireland under the Heathrow Logistics Hub bidding process.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes Heathrow's logistics hubs initiative, for which a number of sites in Northern Ireland have been longlisted as potential locations.</p><p> </p><p>The number of jobs created at any particular hub will be a question for Heathrow, subject to its ongoing procurement exercise. Heathrow plans to announce a shortlist of locations in the spring before selecting four final locations later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, Hon Members may wish to engage directly with the promoters of the potential logistics hubs sites in Northern Ireland to explore their proposals further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/02/2019 14:29:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell