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	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Muscular Dystrophy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote research into muscular dystrophy conditions.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	9997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including muscular dystrophies. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Research on novel approaches to treating neuromuscular disease including Duchenne muscular dystrophy is being carried out by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust and the University College London Institute of Child Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme is currently seeking to commission research on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation devices when compared to other methods of sputum clearance commonly used in children and young people with neuromuscular disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/09/2015 15:27:44 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

759297

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	date	11/09/2017
	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	Game: Antibiotics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department gives to gamekeepers to reduce the use of antibiotics on game birds.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	9997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Veterinary Medicines Directorate has been working closely with the Game Farmers Association (GFA) to raise awareness and foster good stewardship of antibiotics in the sector. The GFA and other sector representatives are committed to bringing down antibiotic use, while ensuring bird health and welfare are preserved. A comprehensive voluntary exercise to measure the use of antibiotics throughout the game sector is being carried out, and antibiotic reduction targets will be announced by the end of 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/09/2017 13:50:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon