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423149

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Peers: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of whether denying a member of the House of Lords who is a Special Adviser the right to speak is in breach of the letters patent, which refer to "seat" and "voice".
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>A member of the House of Lords who is eligible to take part in the work of the House, and who is also a serving special adviser, is not denied the right to speak. It has, however, been an accepted practice under successive administrations that members in that position vote but refrain from speaking.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 05/11/2015 15:38:41 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1358779

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make more rest stop facilities, such as toilets and wash facilities, available for lorry drivers on the principal UK transport routes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2021 answer text <p>Lorry drivers play a vital role in keeping Britain moving, and the Government understands the need to ensure adequate facilities are available to them .</p><p> </p><p>We have already amended planning guidelines to encourage futher development of facilities and are exploring options for what more could be done.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 14/10/2021 14:30:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1187661

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 23 March (HL2389), what additional measures they are proposing to bring forward to support the self-employed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to minimise any social and economic disruption as a result of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced several measures to support the self-employed, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, mortgage holidays, the delaying of IR35 by a year to April 2021, and support for people struggling to pay their energy bills. Self-employed people will also be able to claim Universal Credit at a rate equivalent to Statutory Sick Pay for employees and may be eligible for Contributory Employment and Support Allowance (which is now payable from the first day of sickness, rather than the eighth). We have also deferred Income Tax Self-Assessment payments due in July 2020, to January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Chancellor’s latest announcement, the Government have introduced the Self-employment Income Support Scheme. This will support self-employed individuals, including members of partnerships, whose income has been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The scheme will provide a grant to self-employed individuals or partnerships, worth 80% of their profits up to a cap of £2,500 per month. HMRC is urgently working to deliver the scheme and we are expecting to start to pay grants by early June 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 07/04/2020 11:40:59 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1536156

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) tackle climate change, and (2) reduce emissions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Net Zero Strategy, published in October 2021, is a cross-economy strategy which keeps the UK on the path to net zero tackling climate change and emissions.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/11/2022 17:39:43 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

156457

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mefloquine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention have made of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Safety Communication of 29 July 2013 warning of the risk of psychiatric and nerve side effects from taking Lariam (mefloquine) as a malaria prophylactic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Mefloquine (brand name Lariam) is one of several drugs licensed for the prevention (<strong>c</strong>hemoprophylaxis) or treatment of malaria. As with any medicine, mefloquine may cause side effects in some people and the potential risks should be balanced against the expected benefits of therapy. Information on possible side effects is available to the medical profession via the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), and to patients via the Patient Information Leaflet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) strengthened the warnings in the mefloquine SmPC, particularly regarding the well-established risk of neuropsychiatric side effects. The licence holder (Roche) also issued a letter to healthcare professionals at the end of October 2013 to increase awareness of these possible risks, alongside a prescriber checklist and patient alert card to aid compliance with the warnings. In November 2013, the MHRA issued a further communication to healthcare professionals on the risks of mefloquine via its Drug Safety Update bulletin:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/DrugSafetyUpdate/CON336723</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As with all medicines, the MHRA will keep the safety of mefloquine under continual review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention (ACMP) carefully considered all available data following the Food and Drug Administration’s safety communication and subsequent modification of the SmPC by Roche in September 2013. SmPC recommendations for monitoring of liver function and eye assessment in long term use have also been added to the guidelines. The ACMP continues to believe that mefloquine is a valuable option for prophylaxis against malaria when appropriate risk assessments are undertaken.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:38:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

626821

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mechanical Thrombectomy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that all stroke victims are able to receive thrombectomies where appropriate.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>NHS England’s Sustainable Improvement Team is taking action to promote the use of Guidance on Risk Assessment and Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation (GRASP-AF) within general practitioner practices in England. This is a software audit tool developed by and trialled in the National Health Service. It greatly simplifies the process of identifying patients with Atrial Fibrillation who are not receiving the right management to help reduce their risk of stroke. As of 31 October 2016:</p><p> </p><p>- 2,220 of 7,619 practices had uploaded data from the latest version of GRASP-AF;</p><p>- 152 of 209 (73%) clinical commissioning groups have at least one practice uploading data from the latest version of GRASP-AF; and</p><p>- 18 CCGs (9%) have 100% of practices uploading data.</p><p> </p><p>On 29 September 2016, NHS RightCare introduced an optimal value pathway on cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. NHS RightCare is a programme committed to reducing unwarranted variation to improve people’s health and outcomes and reduce inequalities in health access, experience and outcomes.</p><p>The CVD prevention pathway is the first in a series of optimal value pathways on a number of conditions. These evidence based pathways are being developed in close collaboration with NHS England’s National Clinical Directors, Public Health England, the Royal Colleges, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and other non-statutory stakeholders, including patient groups.</p><p>NHS England’s National Clinical Director for stroke is leading work to develop a full proposal which will consider the evidence and logistical issues involved in delivering mechanical thrombectomy to stroke patients across the country. This includes working with the relevant specialist societies, Royal Colleges and Health Education England to consider the workforce implications. Once the proposal has been developed, NHS England will decide whether the procedure should be made widely available.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2895 HL2898 question first answered 15/11/2016 15:50:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1692917

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	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	Water Supply: Microplastics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the amount of microplastics in tap water.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has published two research projects on microplastics in drinking water – one in January 2019 reviewing the potential risks from nanoparticles and microplastics and another in October 2022 looking at the removal of microplastics by drinking water treatment processes.</p><p> </p><p>The research by the DWI found that more than 99.99% of microplastic particles were removed through conventional drinking water treatment processes. As a consequence of the removal rates, microplastics were present at very low levels in drinking water. Their contribution to total daily exposure, and presenting a potential risk to human health, was likely to be low or insignificant. The World Health Organization has also recommended that routine monitoring of microplastics in drinking water was not necessary at this time.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 11/03/2024 14:55:21 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

784681

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Adoption
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they treat children who claim to be adopted differently from those who are not adopted in determining immigration cases; and if so, how many instances of such different treatment there have been in the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eatwell
	uin	HL2899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Children who claim to be adopted are not treated differently to biological children in determining immigration cases.</p><p>The UK automatically recognises adoptions from the list of designated countries that can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intercountry-adoption-information-for-adoption-agencies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intercountry-adoption-information-for-adoption-agencies</a>. The adoption order is required as proof of such adoptions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2900 HL2901 question first answered 14/11/2017 17:29:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2802 label Biography information for Lord Eatwell