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1503657

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of the regulations prohibiting regulated manufacture of medical cannabis and CBD products on patient safety.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	45233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The manufacture of cannabis-based medicines is allowed under the appropriate Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Home Office licences. Cannabis-based medicines must comply with all applicable requirements and high standards of manufacture that apply to all other medicines to ensure patient safety.</p><p>In 2018, the Government amended the law to allow specialist doctors to prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate, with an accompanying impact assessment published by the Home Office. The Government must consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any further amendments to the law in this area. At the request of the Home Office, the ACMD have recently reviewed this legislation and concluded that no amendments are currently required.</p><p>Cannabidiol (CBD) in its pure form is not a controlled drug. However, many consumer CBD products also contain varying amounts of controlled cannabinoids due to difficulties in isolating pure CBD. The Home Office has sought the ACMD’s advice on a legal framework exempting CBD products with a defined trace percentage of controlled cannabinoids from control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD responded on December 17 2021 and the Government is currently considering this advice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 45491 question first answered 21/09/2022 13:46:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503788

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 take steps to reform regulations relating to the production of cannabis-based medicinal products to support UK patients and businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	45491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The manufacture of cannabis-based medicines is allowed under the appropriate Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Home Office licences. Cannabis-based medicines must comply with all applicable requirements and high standards of manufacture that apply to all other medicines to ensure patient safety.</p><p>In 2018, the Government amended the law to allow specialist doctors to prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate, with an accompanying impact assessment published by the Home Office. The Government must consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any further amendments to the law in this area. At the request of the Home Office, the ACMD have recently reviewed this legislation and concluded that no amendments are currently required.</p><p>Cannabidiol (CBD) in its pure form is not a controlled drug. However, many consumer CBD products also contain varying amounts of controlled cannabinoids due to difficulties in isolating pure CBD. The Home Office has sought the ACMD’s advice on a legal framework exempting CBD products with a defined trace percentage of controlled cannabinoids from control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD responded on December 17 2021 and the Government is currently considering this advice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 45233 question first answered 21/09/2022 13:46:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1504156

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support UK pensioners living overseas in countries without a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	45949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. State Pensions are up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on a person’s UK State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 15:14:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503897

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on (a) the economy and (b) employment levels.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	45558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on the economy or employment levels. The Department annually publishes data on the impact on the economy and employment of the wider Life Sciences sector in the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbioscience-and-health-technology-database-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRobert.Reid%40officeforlifesciences.gov.uk%7C52a0f4af72164a3b141608da90ba3996%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637981426767702174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xG98g%2B1%2BBzW72DAM8Cpp8i%2FEn2ic5G1qf2ZbOzZsXXU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Bioscience and health technology sector statistics</a>, this includes analysis of the bio-pharmaceuticals sector of which the medical cannabis industry is an important part.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/09/2022 09:23:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503293

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119628 on Religious Freedom and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on equality under the law for (a) humanists, (b) atheists and (c) other non-religious people.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	44965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44966 44967 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503294

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119627 on Religious Freedom and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, whether the Bill of Rights Bill will help to ensure that references to religion in (a) legislation and (b) guidance will be interpreted as religion or belief, in the context of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	44966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44965 44967 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503295

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Religion: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgment in R (Fox) v Secretary of State for Education [2015] EWHC 3404, to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119631 on Religion: Education and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on the Government's policies on the delivery of religious education.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	44967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44965 44966 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503997

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting real world observational studies for assessing the (a) quality, (b) safety and (c) efficiency of medical cannabis products.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	45947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Observational studies with a small number of patients do not produce sufficiently robust results to inform routine clinical or commissioning decisions, as there is no robust way to compare findings in the absence of the intervention. Via the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Department and NHS England are developing two randomised controlled trials into epilepsy in adults and children. The trials will start as soon as possible and results will be published once the trials have completed and the findings have been peer reviewed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 06/09/2022 09:32:46 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1504137

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Energy: Price Caps
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) energy firms and (b) Ofgem on the potential merits of introducing an energy price cap for commercial customers.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	45948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly engages with energy firms and Ofgem to understand the impact rising energy prices have on businesses of all sizes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a new six-month scheme – the Energy Price Guarantee for Businesses (EPGB) – to protect all businesses and other non-domestic energy users from soaring energy costs. It will offer comparable support to that being provided for consumers and we expect the scheme to be available in the autumn. After this initial six-month scheme the Government will provide focused support for vulnerable sectors, targeted to make sure those most in need get support.</p><p> </p><p>Further details regarding the scheme will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 14:08:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day