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748202
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Cancer: Tomography more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that MRI scans can better detect cancer tumours. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2677 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answer text <p>Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanning is an increasingly important element of cancer diagnosis and assessment for cancer treatment. It allows detailed imaging of tumours and in some cases the detection of possible spread. This is important for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s National Cancer Programme has a number of initiatives underway to support the delivery of key strategic priorities including the National Diagnostic Capacity Fund. The fund is an investment in specific projects and interventions to change the way we deliver diagnostic services and unlock capacity by delivering more efficiently. The fund is focusing on redesigning and streamlining patient pathways, to ensure that patients receive the right tests at the right time, including MRI scans, as efficiently as possible.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-11T09:32:17.397Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-11T09:32:17.397Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748257
registered interest false more like this
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answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Iraq: Reconstruction more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to ensure that historical and church buildings in Mosul are rebuilt. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2678 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answer text <p>The UK condemns Daesh's destruction of historical and religious buildings in Iraq, whether they be archaeological sites, churches, mosques or temples.</p><p>The UK's Cultural Protection Fund of £30 million is designed to build capacity and capability in conflict zones in order to protect cultural heritage. Over £4 million from the fund has been awarded to Iraq across four projects. £3 million of this has been allocated to the British Museum's Rescue Archaeology Project. This project supplements the skills of a team of Iraqi national heritage sector workers to assess and record the condition of heritage sites and carry out rescue archaeology as a preliminary to reconstruction at sites damaged by Daesh. The first cohort of Iraqi archaeologists completed their training in 2016 and the second cohort completed their training earlier this year in London.</p><p>The UK is also funding: the University of Manchester, working with the State Board for Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq, to survey and document the pre-Islamic Alexandrian city of Charax, as well as 14 other sites in Iraq; and the University of Liverpool to record, preserve and promote understanding of Yezidi heritage and identity.</p>
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
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less than 2017-07-11T12:07:39.973Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-11T12:07:39.973Z
answering member
1201
label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748157
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Bees: Conservation more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that bee habitats are monitored and that bees can and do pollinate. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2679 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answer text <p>We are taking action both to improve the status of bees and provide feeding and nesting habitat.</p><p> </p><p>We have established a pollinator monitoring and research partnership with research institutes and volunteer organisations to gather further data and improve our understanding of the status of pollinators in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with farmers, business and conservation organisations to provide pollinator habitat on farmland, in urban areas and in gardens. On farmland, we have introduced a Pollinator and Wildlife Package to our Countryside Stewardship Scheme in England, to provide year-round habitat such as flower-rich field margins.</p><p> </p><p>Forty percent of all 2016 Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements are delivering the Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package. Our monitoring for Countryside Stewardship gathers additional data on the benefits of these agreements for pollinators.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal more like this
answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
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less than 2017-07-11T15:11:59.423Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-11T15:11:59.423Z
answering member
4098
label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748203
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Parkinson's Disease more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on any connection between Parkinson's disease and faulty immune cells. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2680 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between Ministers of the Department and the Royal Colleges on this matter.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
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less than 2017-07-11T09:29:33.44Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-11T09:29:33.44Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748204
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Perinatal Mortality more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to further reduce the incidence of still births. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2681 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is committed to reducing the rates of stillbirth in England and improving maternity outcomes for women and babies. In November 2015, he announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 2030. The Safer Maternity Care: next steps towards the national maternity ambition, published in October 2016, then set out a suite of initiatives, including actions to tackle issues of culture, leadership, and learning, in order to improve safety in maternity units and the outcomes and experience of care for mothers and babies.</p><p>The action plan included the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle which is designed to support midwives and other clinicians to identify risks and implement care to prevent stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a focused way. The four interventions included in the Care Bundle are:</p><p> </p><p>- Reducing Smoking In Pregnancy;</p><p>- Detecting Fetal Growth Restriction;</p><p>- Raising Awareness Of Reduced Fetal Movement; and</p><p>- Improving Effective Fetal Monitoring During Labour.</p><p>The Care Bundle is being tested and piloted by volunteer maternity care providers. NHS England will then consider how to support implementation nationwide, as part of the Maternity Transformation Programme.</p><p>The Department has also funded the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford to develop a national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool to support local perinatal death reviews. This is an important contribution to the efforts to reduce stillbirths as the tool will ensure systematic, multidisciplinary, high quality reviews are carried out on the circumstances and care leading up to and surrounding each stillbirth and neonatal death. It will then enable maternity and neonatal staff to identify emerging themes across a number of deaths to support learning and changes in the delivery and commissioning of care, to improve future care and prevent future deaths which are avoidable.</p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
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less than 2017-07-12T13:35:55.323Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T13:35:55.323Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748205
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Pregnancy: Paracetamol more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential effect of pregnant women taking paracetamol and its effect on unborn boys. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2682 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the market in the United Kingdom and seeks independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines on important new safety issues. The MHRA is aware of recently published research looking at the effect on male offspring of giving paracetamol to pregnant mice. All new evidence on the safety of paracetamol is kept under close review and this latest study will be carefully considered and any new advice will be communicated.</p><p> </p><p>There have not been any discussions with the Royal Colleges on this issue yet.</p><p> </p><p>Pregnant women should speak to their doctor or midwife before taking any medicine, including paracetamol.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
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less than 2017-07-12T09:46:19.957Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T09:46:19.957Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748158
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Shipping: Waste Disposal more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent stop and check discharge clearance of vessels after unloading into the sea. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2683 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-10more like thismore than 2017-07-10
answer text <p>The discharge of ships’ ballast water into the sea is controlled through the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports this Convention and welcomes its entry into force internationally on 8 September 2017. Work is ongoing in the UK to implement the requirements of the convention through domestic legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings more like this
answering member printed Mr John Hayes more like this
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less than 2017-07-10T16:20:38.467Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-10T16:20:38.467Z
answering member
350
label Biography information for Sir John Hayes more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748159
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Tugboats: Safety more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all safety measures are adhered to when handling is done by tugs. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2684 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-10more like thismore than 2017-07-10
answer text <p>Tugs supporting port operations must comply with all relevant national and international safety standards supported by industry safety guidelines. Tugs will be regularly inspected as part of the UK’s ship inspection regimes, including those operated by ports complying with the Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC).</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings more like this
answering member printed Mr John Hayes more like this
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less than 2017-07-10T16:24:08.177Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-10T16:24:08.177Z
answering member
350
label Biography information for Sir John Hayes more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748229
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Police more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from chief constables in relation to frontline police officer numbers. more like this
tabling member constituency Sheffield, Heeley more like this
tabling member printed
Louise Haigh more like this
uin 2685 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answer text <p>The Home Secretary regularly meets with and receives correspondence from Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables on a range of issues including frontline officer numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the size, composition, and deployment of the police workforce are operational matters for directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioners and the Chief Constable of each area.</p><p> </p><p>We have a constructive and ongoing dialogue with policing about ensuring that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place to keep the public safe.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner more like this
answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd more like this
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less than 2017-07-11T12:46:16.2Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-11T12:46:16.2Z
answering member
1561
label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd more like this
tabling member
4473
label Biography information for Louise Haigh more like this
748230
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Police and Crime Commissioners: Council Tax more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police and crime commissioners have used the full two per cent council tax precept in each financial year since 2012-13. more like this
tabling member constituency Sheffield, Heeley more like this
tabling member printed
Louise Haigh more like this
uin 2686 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-13more like thismore than 2017-07-13
answer text <p>Council tax referendum principles are set on an annual basis by the Communities Secretary. The council tax referendum principles report for 2017/18 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-referendum-principles-report-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-referendum-principles-report-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Council tax levels in England are published annually by the Department for Communities and Local Government and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for Wales is published by the Welsh Government at <a href="https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Local-Government/Finance/Council-Tax/Levels" target="_blank">https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Local-Government/Finance/Council-Tax/Levels</a></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner more like this
answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd more like this
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less than 2017-07-13T11:34:31.633Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-13T11:34:31.633Z
answering member
1561
label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd more like this
tabling member
4473
label Biography information for Louise Haigh more like this