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114669

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect members of the Territorial Army from workplace discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	213573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>An 'anti-disadvantage' survey was launched on 3 July 2013 to gather any evidence of disadvantage against which the Government might be able to legislate, in order to protect Reservists. A very small number of cases were reported. Where requested, engagement with these employers took place to rectify the particular issues identified. However, the survey did not generate sufficient data to determine the scale of disadvantage so a new question will be included in the next annual Reserves Continuous Attitude Survey and, if necessary, additional measures to protect members of the Reserves from discrimination will be considered.</p><p>Specific employment protection for Reservists has been included in the Defence Reform Act 2014, which commenced on 1 October this year. Reservists now have immediate access to an Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal without the usual two year qualifying period of service if they believe the primary reason for their dismissal is because they are a Reservist. This is an important step in minimising any disadvantage arising from Reserve service.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has also actively engaged with employers to impart the benefits of employing Reservists and to mitigate any impact on the employer. These include advance notice of training programmes for the coming year and the provision of a local point of contact. It is hoped that better and earlier engagement will avert any issues that could lead to Reservists being disadvantaged.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

114771

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the military capability of ISIL.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	213571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>ISIL is a barbaric terrorist organisation which has, in the space of a few months, taken control of territory in Iraq and Syria which is greater than the size of Britain. ISIL has acquired sophisticated military hardware, and is able to conduct traditional military operations as well as terrorist activity. The UK airstrikes and other action taken to date, shows the UK will play its part in standing against ISIL. Dealing with this threat will take time and patience.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

114773

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Hamas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the military capability of Hamas.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	213572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text We assess Hamas to be a professional and capable military force. The nature and scale of Hamas’ military activity is significant and has resulted in indiscriminate civilian casualties within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Terriktories. The Israeli Defence Minister has stated that around 80% (approximately 8000 rockets) of Hamas’s arsenal was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/11/2014 17:37:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

106435

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Iran
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	213443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Iran's human right's situation remains dire. We are particularly concerned by the sharp rise in the number of executions over the past year, the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and treatment of religious and other minority groups. There have been some limited positive steps under President Rouhani’s government, but we are clear much more needs to be done to ensure all Iranians enjoy the rights and freedoms they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 10:52:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

106436

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	213444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is one of 28 Countries of Concern included in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's annual Human Rights Report. We continually monitor the situation on the ground and, as with other Countries of Concern, publish assessments on the GOV.UK website every three months to highlight key human rights developments in-country and internationally, and to report on actions that the UK has taken.</p><p>Our most recent update covering the period between July and September 2014 notes little discernible improvement in the human rights situation. It is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-dprk-country-of-concern/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-dprk-country-of-concern. Despite recent suggestions by the DPRK that it might be willing to engage in a dialogue with the EU and UN on human rights issues, they have not acknowledged the extent of the international community’s concern, nor have they taken any practical actions to improve their human rights performance.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 07/11/2014 11:25:08 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

101907

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to introduce further measures at airports to prevent the spread of Ebola to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	212791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has put in place enhanced screening and monitoring at the United Kingdom’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected Ebola regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of transmission occurring within the community in the UK is, and remains very low due to the range of robust measures that have been put in place including screening. However, we keep the screening programme under regular review and will take into account any significant changes in the factors underpinning this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 16:17:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

101982

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic benefit of High Speed 3 to the North West.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	212790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has given the green light to develop proposals for HS3 as part of its long-term economic plan. HS3 will cut journey times, boost business and create more jobs and security for hardworking people in the North West. The Government, working with Transport for the North, will publish an interim report on a transport strategy for the North, including HS3, in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/11/2014 17:04:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

100598

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he has made on plans for changes to the devolution settlement in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	905596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has set out the timetable for further devolution to Scotland to be considered. Much work is also underway to ensure we have a balanced devolution settlement - fair to people in all parts of the United Kingdom.</p><p>For Scotland, we are implementing the Scotland Act 2012, we have published a Command Paper on the parties' proposals for further devolution and Lord Smith of Kelvin is overseeing the cross-party process to take forward the devolution commitments for Scotland. For Wales, the Wales Bill is progressing through Parliament and the Secretary of State has met the Welsh Leaders of the political parties in Westminster and there will be further discussions with them and with political leaders in the Assembly in the coming weeks. In England, work continues to devolve more powers from Whitehall to our cities and regions and the Government is examining the various constitutional issues that arise from further devolution, including the so-called West Lothian Question. For Northern Ireland, work continues to ensure that the devolved institutions function effectively.</p><p>The House, and others, will be kept updated and have the chance to contribute to these important discussions.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Mr William Hague question first answered 23/10/2014 15:49:14 answering member 379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

93482

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Local Government: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority employees are paid a salary higher than that of the Prime Minister.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	210690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Local authorities are independent employers and my Department does not collect detailed information about the remuneration of senior local authority staff.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to publish details of the remuneration of their most senior employees in their annual Statements of Accounts. This includes information about salary, fees, allowances, expenses, employer’s pension contribution and other benefits. Statements of Accounts must be available for public inspection including on an authority’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken steps to further increase the transparency and accountability of local decisions on pay and reward through the local government transparency code. On 3 October, the Department further strengthened the public’s ability to scrutinise councils by including a requirement in the code that councils publish information on salaries of employees earning £50,000 or more, as well as a range of other pay and workforce information.</p><p>In addition, measures introduced in the Localism Act 2011 require authorities to publish an annual statement explaining their policies toward the pay and reward of their staff, particularly senior staff. Our guidance on these measures asks councils to give full council the opportunity to vote on senior appointments and exit packages of £100,000 or more before they are rubber-stamped.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 210691 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:00:23 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 23067 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

93483

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Local Government: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority employees are paid a salary of over £100,000 per annum.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	210691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Local authorities are independent employers and my Department does not collect detailed information about the remuneration of senior local authority staff.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to publish details of the remuneration of their most senior employees in their annual Statements of Accounts. This includes information about salary, fees, allowances, expenses, employer’s pension contribution and other benefits. Statements of Accounts must be available for public inspection including on an authority’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken steps to further increase the transparency and accountability of local decisions on pay and reward through the local government transparency code. On 3 October, the Department further strengthened the public’s ability to scrutinise councils by including a requirement in the code that councils publish information on salaries of employees earning £50,000 or more, as well as a range of other pay and workforce information.</p><p>In addition, measures introduced in the Localism Act 2011 require authorities to publish an annual statement explaining their policies toward the pay and reward of their staff, particularly senior staff. Our guidance on these measures asks councils to give full council the opportunity to vote on senior appointments and exit packages of £100,000 or more before they are rubber-stamped.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 210690 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:00:23 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 23068 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans