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1701098

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria her Department uses to determine who will be consulted on the Government’s BBC funding model review; and if she will publish a list of those that have been consulted.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	21707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Terms of Reference for the BBC Funding Model Review, the review will take evidence from a range of relevant stakeholders as we seek to assess the merits of different options for securing the sustainability of the BBC. The Secretary of State issued formal evidence requests to industry stakeholders across the broadcasting and media sector and to all three of the Devolved Administrations.</p><p>The review aims to report to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by Autumn 2024. The findings will inform Charter Review, which is where any final decisions on changing the BBC’s funding model will be made by the Government. As required by the Charter, the Government will consult the public as part of the Charter Review process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/04/2024 14:20:09 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1701099

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	BBC: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the Government's BBC funding model review.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	21708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has launched a review of the BBC’s funding model, to ensure it is fair to licence fee payers, sustainable for the long term, and supports the BBC’s vital role in growing our thriving creative industries.</p><p>This is an important cross-Government programme of work, HMT and DCMS are in regular engagement, and will continue to do so over the course of the review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/04/2024 10:41:08 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1700211

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Exemptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for laying the secondary legislation required to commence section 19 of the Road Safety Act 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	21117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is currently considering how best to take forward implementation of section 19 of the Road Safety Act 2006.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 10:27:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1700235

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the BBC Funding Model Review: Terms of Reference, published on 21 March 2024, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the review assesses the potential merits of all options for securing the sustainability of the BBC.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	21118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The government believes that there are challenges around the sustainability of the current licence fee funding model, and is therefore conducting a review of the BBC’s funding model.</p><p>As the Terms of Reference make clear, the Review is assessing a range of options for funding the BBC. It is looking at how alternative models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/04/2024 11:31:14 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1693878

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Primodos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of the report by the APPG on Hormone Pregnancy Test entitled Bitter Pill: Primodos - the forgotten thalidomide, published on 27 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	17201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We remain hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they have suffered due to the use of Hormone Pregnancy Tests (HPTs). In 2017 an independent Expert Working Group conducted a comprehensive review of the available scientific evidence, and concluded that the data did not support a causal association between the use of HPTs, such as Primodos, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. This remains the Government’s position. The Government has committed to reviewing any new evidence related to HPTs, and a possible causal association with adverse pregnancy outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 17202 question first answered 14/03/2024 10:55:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1693880

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Primodos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will implement the recommendations in the report by the APPG on Hormone Pregnancy Test entitled Bitter Pill: Primodos - the forgotten thalidomide, published on 27 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	17202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We remain hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they have suffered due to the use of Hormone Pregnancy Tests (HPTs). In 2017 an independent Expert Working Group conducted a comprehensive review of the available scientific evidence, and concluded that the data did not support a causal association between the use of HPTs, such as Primodos, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. This remains the Government’s position. The Government has committed to reviewing any new evidence related to HPTs, and a possible causal association with adverse pregnancy outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 17201 question first answered 14/03/2024 10:55:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith