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1470490

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date	15/06/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the role of nature in delivering agreements made at COP26.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Felicity Buchan
uin	900529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Nature-based solutions have the potential to deliver up to a third of the cost-effective mitigation required by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement’s 2-degree goal. They are also central to adaptation.</p><p><br>At COP26, we brought nature into the heart of the summit for the first time. 143 countries, representing 91% of the world’s forests, pledged to collectively halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.</p><p><br>We are now focused on implementation, and are working with partners throughout our Presidency to turn commitments into action.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/06/2022 16:22:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan

1470491

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Loss and Damage Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) international counterparts on the development of a loss and damage fund.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	900530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>As the Hon. Gentleman is aware, COP26 was the first COP where a section of the “Cover Decisions” were devoted to Loss and Damage. We agreed a new “Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage”. This Dialogue was formally launched in Bonn last week.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/06/2022 16:47:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1470492

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for the UK's decarbonisation targets of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report entitled Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	900532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to Net Zero by 2050 and has an ambitious 2030 emission reduction target, which the independent “Climate Change Committee” has noted is aligned with the Paris Temperature goals.</p><p><br>Our Net Zero Strategy, published last year, set out our plan to decarbonise our economy.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/06/2022 16:48:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1470493

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on facilitating the UK’s climate objectives and COP26 commitments through trade deals.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	900534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Last month my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for International Trade set out the UK’s priorities for green trade and how free and fair trade can play a critical role in driving the global green transition.</p><p><br>Our free trade agreements are one lever to removing barriers to green trade, strengthening bilateral cooperation on climate change and the environment and supporting the delivery of the environmental commitments secured through the UK’s COP26 Presidency.</p><p><br>For example, both the Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreements have included affirmations of each party’s commitments to address climate change, including the Paris Agreement, and recognise the importance of achieving our respective goals.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/06/2022 16:24:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1470552

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on introducing DNA tests for the detection of cancers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are exploring a number of promising genetic tests which may support early detection of cancer and continue to monitor the evolution and development of new technologies. NHS England and NHS Improvement have agreed a partnership with GRAIL to test and accelerate its Galleri test into widespread usage across the NHS. The trial is currently in its first stage. If the initial phase of this trial meets specific interim goals identified in advance, the NHS will expand the trial to one million tests in 2024 and 2025. The NHS Cancer Programme’s innovation open call is supporting a small-scale project using the Guardant liquid biopsy to support diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/06/2022 10:51:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1470553

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the war in Ukraine on inflation in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>High inflation to date has been pushed up by global factors, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has led to significant price increases in goods and energy. In addition, the recent tightening in the labour market and rising cost pressures means that domestic factors are also playing a role and that inflationary pressures are becoming more broad-based. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility is the government’s official forecaster and will produce its next forecast in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living because of high inflation. The government is providing over £15bn of additional support, building on the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/06/2022 13:28:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1470554

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Depressive Illnesses: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging people diagnosed with depression to adopt a Mediterranean diet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Mental health outcomes are considered in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s risk assessments, depending on the evidence base. The Department has no further plans to assess the impact of any dietary measures to prevent or treat depression as there is currently insufficient evidence to attribute mental health outcomes to any individual dietary pattern.</p><p>The Government promotes a healthy balanced diet, as depicted in the Eatwell Guide, for maintaining general health and wellbeing and for reducing the risk of diet-related diseases. While there is no single Mediterranean diet, such diets tend to include higher intakes of vegetables, fruit, legumes, cereals, fish and monounsaturated fatty acids; lower intakes of saturated fat, dairy products and meat. This dietary pattern broadly aligns with the Eatwell Guide.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 22/06/2022 16:52:28 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1470555

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Cancer: Exercise
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 encourage people diagnosed with cancer to use local exercise facilities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service has published exercise guidelines for cancer patients and patients may access to local exercise facilities through social prescribing measures by their healthcare team. Advice on appropriate exercise and how to stay active during treatment forms part of any personalised care protocol, such as the personalised stratified follow up pathways deployed for a number of cancers.</p><p>Social prescribing link workers in primary care can support cancer patients to connect with local exercise opportunities. The Primary Care Directed Enhanced Services contract states that all Primary Care Networks (PCNs) must have access to social prescribing services. This is usually through the PCN commissioning social prescribing link workers using the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/06/2022 10:49:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1470556

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	Self-harm and Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussion with the Samaritans on the potential merits of introducing new legislation aimed at tackling suicide and self harm.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department has discussed a range of issues relating to suicide and self-harm with Samaritans, including through the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group. These discussions have related to the Government’s Online Safety Bill to address harmful suicide and self-harm content online and the proposed introduction of a new offence relating to the encouragement or assistance of serious self-harm, as recommended by the Law Commission in its report on modernising communications offences, published in July 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/06/2022 10:35:50 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1470557

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support Hong Kong nationals in the UK who are required by potential employers to provide a Certificate of No Criminal Conviction but are unable to obtain that document from the Hong Kong police due to fears for their safety or that of their family and friends in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	18940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>There are statutory requirements for employers in the UK to carry out Certificates of No Criminal Convictions (CNCC) checks in specified roles in the health and education sectors. The updated guidance on CNCCs can be found on https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notarial-and-documentary-services-guide-for-hong-kong-and-macao. Individuals can apply for a CNCC online and do not need to return to Hong Kong or specify their terms of residence in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 20/06/2022 16:30:37 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire