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385470

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the procedure provided for in Council Decision 2009/857/EC on the implementation of Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union has been invoked in each of the years since that Decision entered force; what the concerns of the member states that invoked the procedure were in each such case; and how those concerns were met in the final decision taken in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	4126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The purpose of Council Decision 2009/857/EC on the implementation of Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union is to allow Member States that are close to but do not constitute a blocking minority to request that the Council defer adoption of a measure for a period of time to allow for further discussions with a view to resolving the concerns that they have raised. It came into effect with the introduction of the changed system of calculating a Qualified Majority on 1 November 2014. Although the Government does not keep data on this provision, to the best of our knowledge it has not been invoked.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/07/2015 13:17:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385471

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of EU nationals is eligible for universal credit in those areas in which that benefit is being trialled.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	4120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are quality assuring data for Universal Credit and formulating a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:53:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385472

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forms of local and central government support are available to an EU national working on the minimum wage other than tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	4122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>EU national workers have access to the same range of support as UK nationals.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385473

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Ascension Island: Marine Protected Areas
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 take steps to designate a marine protected area around Ascension Island.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	3991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government committed in its 2015 manifesto to “designate a further protected area at Ascension Island, subject to the views of the local community”. Consideration is currently being given to all options for marine management around Ascension Island. Any decision will be based on scientific justification, financial viability, effective enforcement and monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 29/06/2015 12:28:02 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

385474

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Elephants: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Indian government in protecting Asian elephants.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	3992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is committed to conserving Asian elephants and recognises the growing threats to their populations, particularly from poaching and cross-border, illegal trade in live animals to feed the demand by the tourist and entertainment industries. The UK has been working internationally through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in discussion with elephant range states, including India, to increase protection for Asian elephants. We secured agreement in 2014 for elephant range states to put in place measures to prevent illegal trade in live elephants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Darwin Initiative, a UK Government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment, has in the past contributed over £300,000 towards a five-year project in Assam, India, helping to mitigate human-elephant conflict. Indian organisations working on elephant protection will also be eligible to apply for funding under a second round of the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, part of the £13 million that the Government has made available to support action to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a global leader on this issue, the UK Government hosted the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in February 2014 and played a major role in the success of the follow-up conference in Botswana in March 2015. The UK Government has a broad and deep relationship with India on a wide range of issues, including biodiversity, and we look forward to working further with the Indian Government on the protection of the Asian elephant and other threats to biodiversity in that region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2015 11:25:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

385475

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants there were in each year since 2010; and how many such claimants had Social Fund Loan payments deducted in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have had Social Fund deductions is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:45:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385476

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	4173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:31:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385477

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on horizontal gene transmission between bacteria in the human gut which transfers antibiotic resistance from one organism to another regardless of its strain or of its human or animal origin.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The pathways through which antibiotic resistance genes can be transferred between bacteria of any origin or strain are complex.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to carry out research and surveillance to better assess the potential for, and the frequency of, spread of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria, including between those of human and animal origin. Examples of recently commissioned or completed projects include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Potential risk to human and animal health from the emergence and spread of Beta-lactamase resistance in Great Britain.</li><li>Molecular signature of antibiotic resistance in pigs as a potential source of antibiotic resistance in humans.</li><li>Characterisation of ESBL/Amp C/ Carbapenam resistant E.coli from pigs and poultry to identify resistance genes, circulating plasmids and fitness attributes.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Final reports from completed projects are published via GOV.UK. Results from surveillance of resistance in key zoonotic bacteria are published annually in the Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 4135 question first answered 01/07/2015 11:32:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

385478

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect that withdrawal from the EU would have on British farming.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation of our relationship with the EU. In addition, Defra is making the case for improvement to the Common Agricultural Policy so that it is simpler and more effective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/07/2015 12:15:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

385479

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated to delivery of the Government's 25-year plan to grow, buy and sell more British food.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to working with industry to develop a long-term plan to grow our food and farming industry. The plan will set out how British food and farming can become a world leader: innovative, competitive, profitable and resilient. Any future funding to deliver the plan will, as with all Government expenditure, be considered as part of the next Spending Review. It will build on the extensive support across Government for innovation and research, skills and apprenticeships, and export promotion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2015 15:11:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle