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346856

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the spending commitments in the Road Investment Strategy 2015-2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	15
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy, published at the time of the 2014 Autumn Statement, set out ambitious plans for improvements to the national road network between 2015 and 2020. The road network is a critical national infrastructure asset that is vital for successful economic growth, supporting jobs and productivity. This is why this Government made a clear commitment in its manifesto to invest £15 billion in roads, and the Prime Minister has made clear that the Government will implement its manifesto in full.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 16 question first answered 01/06/2015 13:29:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

346857

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the spending commitments in the Road Investment Strategy 2015-2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	16
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy, published at the time of the 2014 Autumn Statement, set out ambitious plans for improvements to the national road network between 2015 and 2020. The road network is a critical national infrastructure asset that is vital for successful economic growth, supporting jobs and productivity. This is why this Government made a clear commitment in its manifesto to invest £15 billion in roads, and the Prime Minister has made clear that the Government will implement its manifesto in full.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 15 question first answered 01/06/2015 13:29:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

346872

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Decriminalisation
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 she has made of the effects of the decriminalisation of drug use in Portugal on the prevalence of drug use in that country.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	93
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Portuguese approach to drugs was reviewed within ‘Drugs: International Comparators’ published in October 2014<em>.</em> The report is clear that the successes in Portugal cannot be attributed to decriminalisation alone. Whilst drug use went down and health outcomes improved, there was, at the same time, a significant investment in treatment.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has no intention of decriminalising drugs. The UK's approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities, help dependent individuals through treatment and wider recovery support, whilst ensuring law enforcement tackles the criminality that is associated with the drugs trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/06/2015 09:39:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346892

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to publish HS2 Ltd's report on options for extending high speed rail services to Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Advice prepared by HS2 Ltd in conjunction with the Department for Transport, Transport Scotland and the Scotland Office to identify broad options for high speed and upgraded railways to the north of England and Scotland is currently with Ministers for consideration. This advice will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/06/2015 13:45:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

346893

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the conclusions of the Office of Rail and Road's Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism review of Network Rail's Control Period 5 investment programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) reviews Control Period 5 (Rail Investment Strategy) Projects through the enhancements cost adjustment mechanism (ECAM) on a rolling basis when each project has reached a certain level of design maturity and a single option has been selected.</p><p> </p><p>The ORR publishes quarterly updates on the ECAM process. These are made publicly available on its website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/06/2015 13:53:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

346895

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the first financial report on High Speed 2's preparatory spending.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd expect to publish their first financial report detailing expenditure incurred under the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 in autumn 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/06/2015 13:59:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

346896

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on privatising or outsourcing the management of (a) railway stations directly managed by Network Rail and (b) Network Rail's telecommunications systems.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no current plans to outsource (a) any of the stations that Network Rail manages, or (b) management of the company’s telecommunications system. Train operating companies already manage roughly 2,500 stations, the vast majority of the network.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/06/2015 14:05:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

346901

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Babies and Pregnant Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will focus his Department's anti-obesity strategy on pregnant women and babies.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Tackling obesity, particularly in children, is one of our major priorities and we know that pregnancy and early years are one of the many influences on children’s weight. Progress has been made in recent years, but we know we have much further to go and we will put forward our plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 298 question first answered 01/06/2015 13:50:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

346903

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to tackle childhood obesity.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Tackling obesity, particularly in children, is one of our major priorities and we know that pregnancy and early years are one of the many influences on children’s weight. Progress has been made in recent years, but we know we have much further to go and we will put forward our plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 296 question first answered 01/06/2015 13:50:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

346923

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit embryonic gene-editing technologies developed over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended, already addresses this technology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/06/2015 14:03:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon