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registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the production of windowed face masks.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	59823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government’s national personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement team has been working extremely hard in recent weeks to source clear facemasks which comply with UK safety standards. While the product is not CE marked, UK Government regulators have agreed that a particular mask can enter the National Health Service supply chain for use during COVID-19 and further details will be announced as soon as possible about availability to health and care settings.</p><p>Where regulators find that PPE (as regulated by the Health and Safety Executive) or medical devices (as regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) can ensure an adequate level of health and safety in accordance with the essential requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/425 or the requirements of Directive 93/42/EEC, they may authorise the making available of these products for supply to frontline healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/06/2020 13:17:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1197439

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time was for Ministers of his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in each month in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	49732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Department has a target of responding to correspondence within 18 working days, where a response is required.</p><p>The Department is currently dealing with unprecedented volumes of correspondence due to COVID-19. The Department ensures that urgent cases raised by hon. Members are prioritised and is taking steps to provide substantive responses in as short a time as possible.</p><p>All correspondence received from hon. Members is being reviewed and will be responded to as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/06/2020 10:15:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1181234

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on efforts to prevent the spread of covid-19 of statutory sick pay provisions that may deter people that have to work from (a) self-isolating and (b) reporting symptoms.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	22002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The nature and scale of the response depends on the course of the disease. As our understanding increases and the impact of the disease becomes clearer, we will issue further detailed advice about what to expect if and when further measures become necessary.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care advised in his Oral Statement on 26 February, columns 322-23, that self-isolation on medical advice is considered sickness for employment purposes and that it is a very important message for employers and those who can go home and self-isolate as if they were sick, because it is for medical reasons.</p><p>Individuals that develop any of the following symptoms, however mild: fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat and difficulty breathing should monitor their symptoms and call NHS 111 or their general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/03/2020 15:56:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 10095 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1145608

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations his Department consulted on the effect of 5G towers on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	290392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has supported research in relation to concerns that there might be adverse effects from exposure to the low levels of radio waves from mobile phones and base stations.</p><p> </p><p>The independently managed Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) programme ran from 2001 until 2012 and funded 31 projects, leading to over 60 publications. Information about the MTHR programme and the studies it supported can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http:/www.mthr.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.mthr.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to support research on exposure to radio waves, including the ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) and the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phone studies (SCAMP) at Imperial College London. Information about these studies can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.thecosmosproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thecosmosproject.org/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scampstudy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.scampstudy.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Advice from Public Health England (PHE) is based on health-related evidence reviews prepared by scientific expert groups in the United Kingdom and around the world. The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation published their report in the UK in 2012 and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published their report in 2015. These reviews are are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Exposure measurements made at publicly accessible locations near to mobile phone base stations have consistently been well within the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. PHE considers it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area. However, the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to guidelines and as such there should be no consequences for public health.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has published information about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves and is committed to updating its advice as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290393 290394 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:02:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1145609

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of 5G towers on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	290393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has supported research in relation to concerns that there might be adverse effects from exposure to the low levels of radio waves from mobile phones and base stations.</p><p> </p><p>The independently managed Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) programme ran from 2001 until 2012 and funded 31 projects, leading to over 60 publications. Information about the MTHR programme and the studies it supported can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http:/www.mthr.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.mthr.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to support research on exposure to radio waves, including the ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) and the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phone studies (SCAMP) at Imperial College London. Information about these studies can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.thecosmosproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thecosmosproject.org/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scampstudy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.scampstudy.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Advice from Public Health England (PHE) is based on health-related evidence reviews prepared by scientific expert groups in the United Kingdom and around the world. The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation published their report in the UK in 2012 and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published their report in 2015. These reviews are are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Exposure measurements made at publicly accessible locations near to mobile phone base stations have consistently been well within the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. PHE considers it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area. However, the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to guidelines and as such there should be no consequences for public health.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has published information about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves and is committed to updating its advice as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290392 290394 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:02:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1145610

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the effect of 5G towers on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	290394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has supported research in relation to concerns that there might be adverse effects from exposure to the low levels of radio waves from mobile phones and base stations.</p><p> </p><p>The independently managed Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) programme ran from 2001 until 2012 and funded 31 projects, leading to over 60 publications. Information about the MTHR programme and the studies it supported can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http:/www.mthr.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.mthr.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to support research on exposure to radio waves, including the ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) and the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phone studies (SCAMP) at Imperial College London. Information about these studies can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.thecosmosproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thecosmosproject.org/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scampstudy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.scampstudy.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Advice from Public Health England (PHE) is based on health-related evidence reviews prepared by scientific expert groups in the United Kingdom and around the world. The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation published their report in the UK in 2012 and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published their report in 2015. These reviews are are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Exposure measurements made at publicly accessible locations near to mobile phone base stations have consistently been well within the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. PHE considers it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area. However, the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to guidelines and as such there should be no consequences for public health.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has published information about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves and is committed to updating its advice as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290392 290393 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:03:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1143878

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the effect of 5G towers on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	285341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 17:37:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1143879

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations his Department consulted on the effect of 5G towers on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	285342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 19:16:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1143880

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of 5G towers on public health.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	285343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 19:15:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows