Tag: Greg Mulholland

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission independent research into the causes of Islamophobia.

Karen Bradley

A key part of our new Countering Extremism Strategy, published this week, outlines how we will engage with and protect Muslim communities from Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred.

We have access to a wide range of research on Islamophobia from academics, non-government organisations and from the Extremism Analysis Unit.

We have announced a new Cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan. As part of this we are engaging with partner organisations to establish the plan’s priority focus areas including future research requirement.

The Government also recognises the risk of Islamophobia in the UK as well as the increasing number of attacks aimed at the Muslim Community. To address this the PM has announced that from next year all police forces will be required to record Anti-Muslim hate crime as a distinct category when it is reported.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2015 to Written Question 11808, who attended the first meeting of the Community Engagement Forum, on 13 October 2015.

Karen Bradley

The following individuals attended the first meeting of the Community Engagement Forum on 13 October 2015:

• David Cameron, Prime Minister

• Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for Countering Extremism

• Theresa May, Home Secretary

• Louise Casey, Department for Communities and Local Government

• Max Chambers, Special Adviser on Home Affairs

• Camilla Cavendish, Number 10

• Brendan Threlfall, Number 10

• Arooj Shah, Councillor, St Mary’s Ward, Oldham

• Sean Harriss, Chief Executive, Lambeth Council

• Paul Martin, Chief Executive, Wandsworth Council

• Sheikh Musa Admani, Imam and Muslim chaplain, City University, London

• Fareed Ahmad, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association

• Farooq Aftab, General Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association

• Michael Nazir-Ali, former Bishop of Rochester

• Khatun Sapnara, circuit judge • Aina Khan, solicitor

• Fiyaz Mughal OBE, Director, Faith Matters

• Sadja Mughal OBE, Director, Jan Trust

• Haras Rafiq, Managing Director, Quilliam Foundation

• Sara Khan, Co-founder and Director, Inspire

• Wahida Shaffi, Near Neighbours Coordinator; National Women’s Programme Lead, Christian Muslim Forum

• Faiza Vaid, Executive Director, Muslim Women’s Network

• Aysha and Kiran Iqbal Patel, Directors, Odara

• Kamal Hanif OBE, Executive Head, Waverley School, Birmingham

• Alun Francis, Principal and Chief Executive, Oldham College

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of alternatives to the current insolvency litigation funding regime.

Dominic Raab

An Impact Assessment was published when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent.

The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Act.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 11615, on Everolimus, when he expects that a timetable for publication will be agreed.

George Freeman

NHS England is currently developingtwo policies for the provision of Everolimus – one for the Tuberous Sclerosis forComplex Related Renal Angiomyolipoma andone for SubependymalGiant Cell Astrocytoma (SEGA).

Once completed, each policy will need to be considered by the relevant clinical panels, the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group and the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group. It is anticipated that this process will be completed over the coming months and that the policies are likely be published early in the new year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support carers.

Alistair Burt

This Government recognises that our health and care system would not be possible without the invaluable contribution made by the millions of unpaid carers.

That is why we continue to support implementation of the improved rights for carers enshrined in the Care Act 2014. The Department has provided £104 million of funding to local authorities for these rights in 2015/16, which include an extended right to assessment and, for the first time, a duty on local authorities to meet carers’ eligible needs for support.

We have also made an additional £400 million available to the National Health Service between 2011 and 2015 to provide carers with breaks from their caring responsibilities to sustain them in their caring role.

In May 2014, NHS England published its action plan NHS England – Commitment to carers, it includes a series of commitments around eight priorities, which include raising the profile of carers, including young carers.

The Department is also leading on a new National Carers Strategy that will consider evidence around the economic impact of caring as well as also review international and national best practice on what support works best for carers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle stone theft.

Mike Penning

We would encourage all victims of stone theft to report these crimes to the police so that they can be investigated and, where appropriate, taken through the courts and met with tough sentences.

In addition, the police are working with Historic England and others to ensure that they have an up-to-date understanding of the nature of stone theft, in order to ensure a proportionate policing response.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what commitments on human rights in China he secured during the recent state visit to the UK by President Xi Jinping.

Mr Hugo Swire

In talks with President Xi, the Prime Minister, my rt hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) reaffirmed the importance we attach to the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue. President Xi acknowledged the importance of improving human rights protection, and that China was ready for increased exchanges and co-operation on this issue with the United Kingdom. In the UK-China Joint Statement, Britain and China agreed to continue exchanges on human rights and rule of law. We will continue to pursue our human rights concerns both privately and in public fora.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of third-party funding as an alternative to the current funding regime for insolvency litigation.

Dominic Raab

An Impact Assessment was published when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent.

The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Act.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Wilson Doctrine has been consistently applied to the communications of the hon. Member for Leeds North West; and whether that hon. Member or his staff have been subject to surveillance.

Mr John Hayes

The Government’s position on the Wilson Doctrine was set out by the Prime Minister in a written ministerial statement made on 4 November 2015.

As the Prime Minister made clear, the Wilson Doctrine has never been an absolute bar to the targeted interception of the communications of Members of Parliament or an exemption from the legal regime governing interception. The Doctrine recognised that there could be instances where interception might be necessary.

The Prime Minister announced that as matter of policy the PM will be consulted should there ever be a proposal to target any UK Parliamentarian’s communications under a warrant issued by a Secretary of State. This applies to Members of Parliament, members of the House of Lords, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Assembly and UK members of the European Parliament. It applies to all activity authorised by a warrant issued by a Secretary of State: any instance of targeted interception and, electronic surveillance and equipment interference, when undertaken by the Security and Intelligence Agencies. This is in addition to the rigorous safeguards already in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and the Code of Practice issued under it which set out a series of robust safeguards for any instance of interception.

It is long standing policy of successive Governments neither to confirm nor deny any specific activity by the Security and Intelligence Agencies. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 it is an offence for anyone to identify an individual interception warrant or an individual interception that takes place.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses in Yorkshire in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; and what funding was allocated for nursing in Yorkshire in each of those years.

Ben Gummer

The information requested is not available. The Health and Social Care Information Centre monthly workforce statistics provides data on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff working in the National Health Service in England. The latest data is for June 2015 and the data for the Health Education England Region Yorkshire and Humber is provided in the attached table, along with June 2014 for comparison purposes.

There is no individual funding stream allocated for nursing. Individual NHS organisations are best placed to decide how many nurses they employ.