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date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Parish and Town Councils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on measures to (a) allow town and parish councils to send agendas electronically and (b) reform parish polls.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	209076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 3 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 780W which explained that we are minded to make regulations to make it clear that councils (including town and parish councils) can send council papers electronically; councillors would continue to have a right to receive them in hard copy by post should they wish. As indicated in that answer, we have been undertaking an informal sounding on the Order with key partners; we now intend to make regulations before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, we also intend to publish a consultation paper on proposals to reform parish polls, further to the enabling provisions introduced in the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/10/2014 17:10:56 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

91476

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guideline Development Group working on the draft partial update to Clinical Guidance 43 on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity is taking fully into account all published studies in relation to the use of very low calorie diets for weight loss to ensure that in the interests of patient care and NHS expenditure all practical alternatives to bariatric surgery are considered prior to such surgery being offered.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	209078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have had no such discussions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and as such it would be inappropriate for Ministers to intervene. NICE is responsible for the methods used to develop and update its guidance and reviews its published clinical guidelines in order to take account of the latest available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE consulted on its draft updated clinical guideline on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obese adults and children in July and August. NICE will take the stakeholder comments from the consultation into account in developing the final guideline, which is currently planned for publication in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 209077 question first answered 15/10/2014 16:11:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

91477

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with representatives of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the Guideline Development Group working on the draft partial update to Clinical Guidance 43 on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	209077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have had no such discussions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and as such it would be inappropriate for Ministers to intervene. NICE is responsible for the methods used to develop and update its guidance and reviews its published clinical guidelines in order to take account of the latest available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE consulted on its draft updated clinical guideline on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obese adults and children in July and August. NICE will take the stakeholder comments from the consultation into account in developing the final guideline, which is currently planned for publication in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 209078 question first answered 15/10/2014 16:11:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford