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167712

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date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holocaust Memorial Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government funds the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to deliver the annual Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration and local activities across England, Wales and Scotland. Given the significance of the 70<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, we have increased our funding to the Trust to ensure that Holocaust Memorial Day 2015 is commemorated with dignity and in a way that honours survivors and ensures that as a nation we remember.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 08/12/2014 17:39:25 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 32332 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167823

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date	03/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 13WS, on Our Commitment to Victims, what (a) victims' and victims' support charities and (b) other organisations his Department consulted before making that statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>My Department worked very closely with criminal justice organisations and other stakeholders before publishing “<em>Our Commitment to Victims” </em>on 15 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and I have listened to the views of the Victims’ Panel, which we set up so that those who have been affected by crime can tell us directly how the criminal justice system could better serve victims. We have also worked closely with the Victims’ Commissioner since her appointment.</p><p> </p><p>My Department also developed “<em>Our Commitment to Victims”</em> in close cooperation with other Government Departments, the Crown Prosecution Service, the police, and the criminal justice inspectorates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Key stakeholders including the Bar Council and the Law Society, and representatives of Victim Support’s Witness Service contributed to my Department’s report, ‘<em>Review of ways to reduce distress of victims in trials of sexual violence</em>’, published on 31 March 2014, which formed the requirement for publicly funded advocates to undertake approved specialist training on working with vulnerable victims and witnesses announced in “<em>Our Commitment to Victims</em>”.</p><p>In our response to the “<em>Getting it right for Victims’ and Witnesses</em>” public consultation, published in 2012, we said we would look at the options for a Victims’ Law but that reform must begin with a more effective Victims’ Code. In “<em>Our Commitment to Victims</em>” we have committed to introduce a Victims’ Law.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/12/2014 16:54:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167824

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Stewart McLaughlin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question HL2898, when he expects the re-examining of the case of the late Corporal McLaughlin to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Re-examination of the case will be concluded by the end of the year and I hope to report our conclusions in early January.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/12/2014 17:12:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167847

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date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks are in place to ensure that MOTs are conducted properly; and what action is taken if they are not.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) conduct a number of different activities to monitor the quality of testing at MOT Garages. These range from re-inspecting vehicles that have just been tested through to conducting mystery shopper type activities.</p><p><br>DVSA use a mechanism to target its resource to those MOT Garages that present the greatest risk profile. The type of activity conducted is based on that which is best suited for the identified risk. These activities can range from an educative type support to a more stringent enforcement approach. <br><br>Where poor quality testing has been identified an assessment is carried out and, again, the approach is designed to be proportionate to the need - focused on best ensuring test quality. This could include on-site support or redirected additional training. More serious cases can result in the authorisation of either the Tester or the Authorised Examiner being removed from the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/12/2014 16:46:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis