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1176641

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date	05/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Prime Minister's trade envoy programme in respect of its role in promoting the UK's trade and investment opportunities.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitby
uin	HL1393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys support ministers in showcasing the UK’s world class expertise in priority business sectors and promote the UK as the destination of choice for inward investment.</p><p> </p><p>Trade Envoys undertake the role on a voluntary basis and act as powerful advocates of UK businesses including a wide range of activity, such as: addressing market seminars and business to business groups; hosting receptions for inward missions; leading UK businesses to market; and facilitating introductions with key decision makers.</p><p> </p><p>Trade Envoys add value to the efforts of HMG in their respective markets, through the soft power influence they bring in developing relationships with key influencers and feedback from businesses has been very positive. Trade Envoys are one part of the Department for International Trade’s support for British businesses seeking to export and win contracts overseas and we do not separate out the impact of Trade Envoys from our broader measures as part of the Export Strategy.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 11/02/2020 13:14:03 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4292 label Biography information for Lord Whitby

1176184

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to ensure the safety of non-Muslim refugees in the refugee camps in Bangladesh, and in particular, the Kutupalong Camp.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of attacks on Christian Rohingya refugee families in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, and are monitoring the situation closely. The British Government is committed to improving the safety of all the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. We will continue to engage with the Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the safety and well-being of all the Rohingya refugees, including those at risk of religious persecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/02/2020 13:25:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1175465

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	IVF
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 O'Shaughnessy on 24 October 2017 (HL1882), whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority now holds information on methods of freezing; if not, why not; and if so, how many human embryos were (1) transferred to uteri to establish pregnancies, (2) destroyed, and (3) allocated for destruction but have not yet been destroyed, following (a) vitrification, and (b) slow freezing methods, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that it does not hold information on which methods of freezing are used.</p><p>The HFEA is required under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 to keep a register recording identifiable information on patients, the treatments they undergo and their outcomes. This information does not include the method used to freeze sperm, eggs or embryos.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 15:04:05 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1175474

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	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 Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 30 January (HL734), why those arriving in the UK on commercial flights from Wuhan after the Government had received reports of coronavirus received no medical intervention when those evacuated on the flight from Wuhan organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are to be quarantined for 14 days.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL1246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The supported isolation model used following the flight from Wuhan organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 31 January and the subsequent flight on 2 February was undertaken as a highly precautionary measure. Direct flights from Wuhan ceased on 24 January. On 30 January the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and the risk associated with return from the epicentre of the outbreak had increased.</p><p>We are asking anyone in the United Kingdom who has returned from Hubei Province in the last 14 days to self-isolate, to stay indoors and avoid contact with other people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 15:00:06 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1175493

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Vaccination: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that the performance standard for the uptake of nearly all routine pre-school vaccinations is met.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>As announced in the Prevention Green Paper, <em>Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s</em> published in July 2019, the Government is committed to publishing a national Vaccine Strategy which will be available shortly. As part of this strategy, we are considering a wide array of options, including rolling out text reminder services to families, to increase our vaccination uptake rates and ensure they reach the 95% standard set for the majority of vaccine programmes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 14:57:28 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1175494

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Vaccination: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of anti-vaccination messages on the uptake of all routine pre-school vaccinations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>England’s national vaccination programme is well-regarded globally, with uptake levels for most of our pre-school vaccinations above 90%. Parental attitudinal surveys conducted by Public Health England demonstrate that there is high confidence in our vaccine programmes and that 94% of parents rate the National Health Service as the most trusted source of information on immunisation.</p><p>However, despite a recent uptick in vaccination uptake rates, the Department remains concerned about the slow and steady decline in vaccine uptake rates since 2013. Whilst the impact of anti-vaccination messaging on uptake is hard to quantify, we take the issue of misinformation about vaccines extremely seriously. We are working across Government and with social media companies on innovative ways to tackle the proliferation of anti-vaccine messaging on their sites and ensuring that reputable sources are the most prominent.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 14:58:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1175495

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Vaccination: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve consistency by healthcare professionals in reminding parents to vaccinate their children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is aware that effective reminder systems are likely to be a key factor in improving vaccine uptake. This was highlighted in the January 2019 Royal Society for Public Health report <em>Moving the Needle</em>, which noted that such services are desired by 80% of United Kingdom adults surveyed. As such, the Department is considering options for improved, and more consistent, methods for reminding parents of vaccination appointments, including rolling out a text reminder service, as announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in November 2019.</p><p>More widely, the Government is committed to publishing a national Vaccine Strategy as announced in July 2019 as part of the Prevention Green Paper, <em>Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s</em>. The strategy, which will be published shortly, carefully considers an array of options to improve our vaccine uptake rates.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 14:54:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1175496

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Vaccination: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to make it easier for parents to access vaccination services for their children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>As announced in the June 2019 Prevention Green Paper, <em>Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s</em>, the Government is committed to publishing a Vaccine Strategy, which considers a range of actions to address access to vaccination services as an important factor in improving vaccine uptake.</p><p>In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan committed to a fundamental review of general practitioner (GP) vaccination and immunisation standards, funding and procurement, alongside a review of GP access. Interim findings of this work were published on 25 October and are being fed into the ongoing GP contract negotiations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 15:03:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1175359

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Embryos
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 Prior of Brampton on 22 November 2016 (HL3075), how many human embryos were deliberately destroyed in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many human embryos were transferred to uteri in order to establish pregnancies; and what are the cumulative figures for both circumstances since such procedures were made legal.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following tables. The following table provides the figures for each of the last 12 months, 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018. The data is as shown on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s (HFEA) register database on 5 February 2020. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total destroyed /discarded</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total embryos transferred</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="13"><p>2018</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>13,283</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>15,193</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>16,257</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>15,150</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6,728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>15,300</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>15,520</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6,263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>15,236</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>15,057</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6,779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>13,485</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6,187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>16,087</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>16,029</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>10,597</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>177,194</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>78,773</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:</p><p><em>Source:</em> HFEA</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the cumulative figures for both circumstances since 1 August 1991.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1 August 1991 – 31 December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of embryos discarded/destroyed</p></td><td><p>2,931,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of embryos transferred</p></td><td><p>1,979,831</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> HFEA</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 11/02/2020 14:53:26 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1175376

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the findings of the report by NHS Health Scotland Evaluating the impacts of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on the alcoholic drinks industry in Scotland, published on 2 October 2019, what plans they have to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL1190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Minimum Unit Price (MUP) has been in place in Scotland for less than two years and the Scottish Parliament will not consider its extension until 2024. A decision on its introduction in England is for the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 15:04:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe