UK aid is reaching hundreds of thousands of vulnerable displaced people across Iraq and Syria, including those religious minorities affected by ISIL’s activities. All UK funded aid is distributed on the basis of need to ensure civilians are not discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, or ethnicity. DFID continues to work with the UN and the international community to ensure all minorities’ rights are protected and our aid reaches those in greatest need. To date, the UK has pledged £800 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region, and a further £39.5 million to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.

I am concerned to hear about the case of Asia Bibi and reports that a court has upheld the imposition of the death penalty. We regularly raise at the highest levels the misuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan both against Muslims and against religious minorities. We have consistently pressed the government of Pakistan on the issue of the death penalty and our principled opposition to it in all cases and I will ensure that we continue to do both of these things. The FCO has not received any representations on the possibility of excluding Pakistan from the Commonwealth on human rights grounds. However, we consistently strive to foster debate on the death penalty to achieve a change in attitude on this issue within the Commonwealth.

My hon. Friend makes an important point about the Dublin regulations and the fact that we do return people to other EU member states, because it is right that people seeking humanitarian protection should claim it in the first country in which they arrive. Obviously, we are stepping up security around Calais, and he will be aware of the announcement the Home Secretary made last month about the work we are doing with the French Government to ensure greater security around the port of Calais. Indeed, we are working very closely with the French authorities.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office receives daily updates from our posts in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. We have offered practical support. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), spoke to the Israeli Foreign Minister on 17 June about this issue. I also discussed this issue with both Israeli and Palestinian authorities during my visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories between 18-19 June.

We are concerned by the impact of the security situation in Mosul for all Iraqis living there, including religious minorities. Reports estimate that 500,000 people have left the Mosul area to escape violence caused when the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) attacked the city on 10 June. Many have sought refuge in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. A team from the Department for International Development arrived in Erbil on 13 June to assess the situation on the ground and co-ordinate with partners. We continue to monitor the situation closely.

The Government do not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.

Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes’.

Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the tax information and impact note published alongside Budget 2013, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf

The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.

As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions

When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.

The Government do not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.

Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes’.

Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the tax information and impact note published alongside Budget 2013, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf

The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.

As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions

When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.

The Government do not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.

Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes’.

Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the tax information and impact note published alongside Budget 2013, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf

The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.

As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions

When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.

The Government do not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.

Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes’.

Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the tax information and impact note published alongside Budget 2013, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf

The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.

As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions

When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.

The Government do not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.

Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes’.

Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the tax information and impact note published alongside Budget 2013, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf

The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.

As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions

When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.

The Government do not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.

Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes’.

Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the tax information and impact note published alongside Budget 2013, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf

The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.

As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions

When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.

Alongside the flexibility in and access to pension pots, we have increased the limit for both ISAs to £15,000. The new ISA will come in at the beginning of July and there will be complete flexibility in transferring funds from equity ISAs to cash ISAs. Of course, we have also abolished the 10p savings rate. Unlike the shadow Chancellor, when we abolish a 10p rate we get rid of it altogether, rather than doubling it.

The Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) are funded by NHS England and managed through area teams. Their focus is on continuous service improvement particularly where there is a need for a co-ordinated system wide or a collective approach to improvement.

Cancer is one of the four key areas of focus for their work; the others being cardiovascular disease, maternity and children and mental health, which includes dementia. All of them are high national priorities.

The SCNs work with local stakeholders, including local commissioners and local clinical teams to determine the priorities for their work plans and target their resources accordingly. These are aligned to the national priorities set out in Putting Patients First, NHS England's recently published Business Plan 2014-15 to 2016-17, and the NHS Outcomes Framework.

Domain 4 of the NHS Outcomes Framework includes the indicator “Improving the experience of care for people at the end of their lives”. The data source underpinning this indicator is the national survey of bereaved relatives (VOICES), an internationally recognised tool for obtaining feedback on people's experience at the end of life, as well as that of the bereaved person. This indicator will enable us to assess the progress NHS England is making in improving the quality of end of life care for all patients, including those with cancer.

The latest national VOICES survey results were published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in July 2013, and in March 2014, the ONS made findings of the survey available at national health service local area team and clinical commissioning group level. The survey results, are supporting commissioners and providers to target service improvements and drive up standards locally. Survey results can be viewed on the ONS website

www.ons.gov.uk

(type ‘VOICES survey' into the search bar).

The “Quality Standard for End of life Care for Adults”, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2011, highlights areas of care that can play a key role in supporting a positive experience, including: the importance of giving people the opportunity to discuss, develop and review a personalised care plan for current and future support; and treatment and the need for those delivering care to be aware of the individual's care plan and expressed care preferences. NICE Quality Standards are a concise set of statements designed to drive and measure priority quality improvements within a particular area of care and NHS England continues to champion their use with providers and commissioners.

I am concerned to hear about the case of Sawan Masih and the imposition of the death penalty. We regularly raise the issue of blasphemy laws, and their misuse against both Muslims and religious minorities at the highest levels in Pakistan. During last week's adjournment debate on the blasphemy law the Minister for Europe, my right hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr Lidington) assured this House that

“we must continue to pursue this issue”

with the Pakistani authorities. We encourage interfaith dialogue and support those in Pakistan who are working for reform of blasphemy laws. We have also consistently pressed the Government of Pakistan on the issue of the death penalty and our principled opposition to it in all cases. We consistently strive to foster debate on the death penalty within the Commonwealth and hope that these issues will be discussed by Commonwealth Law Ministers at their meeting in Botswana in May.

The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.

We are concerned by the report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide about the arrest and interrogation of eight Christians on 5 March 2014; and by the treatment of religious minorities in Iran, in particular Christian groups and the Baha'i. We have expressed these concerns to the Iranian authorities, and call on them to release anyone detained on the grounds of religious belief, and to ensure that the fundamental rights of all Iranian citizens are fully respected.