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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-05-13more like thismore than 2020-05-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 5 March (HC Deb, cols. 1078–1079), what assessment they have made of the success of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) 2030 project in accelerating the implementation of strong tobacco control policies and advancing sustainable development in low-and middle-income countries; whether, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the countries participating in the FCTC 2030 project will be given more time to implement the project; and whether official development funds will be made available beyond 2021 to support low-and middle-income countries to implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Northover more like this
uin HL4427 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-01more like thismore than 2020-06-01
answer text <p>As a world leader in tobacco control, the Government is continuing to deliver its commitments under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2030 project. The countries receiving support continue to make good progress in strengthening their tobacco control measures.</p><p>The five-year project is in its final year and scheduled to end in March 2021. Year 5 (2020/21) objectives have been set and the project delivery revised to take account of the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>No decision has been made on whether Official Development Assistance funding will be made available to support the project beyond the original commitment of March 2021.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bethell more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-01T15:41:17.55Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-01T15:41:17.55Z
answering member
4708
label Biography information for Lord Bethell more like this
tabling member
2539
label Biography information for Baroness Northover remove filter