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1588244

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date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Chemicals: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the commitment of the European Commission and European Chemicals Agency to develop a roadmap toward full replacement of animal testing, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK chemicals regulation (a) remains competitive and (b) is at the forefront of scientific development.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	150614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of opposing animal tests where alternative approaches could be used. We are determined that there should be no need for any additional animal testing for a chemical that has already been registered under UK REACH, unless it is subject to further evaluation that shows the registration dossier is inadequate or there are still concerns about the hazards and risks of the chemical, especially to human health.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is supporting work to develop New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) which can provide information on chemical hazards and risk assessment. NAMs can provide information on chemical hazard and risk assessment without the use of protected animals. The UK is already, and will continue to be, a strong contributor to NAMs development at an international level. It contributes, for example, to the development of non-animal alternatives for chemical testing through collaborative research programmes and work at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which develops internationally standardised tools and guidance to support companies and regulators in the use of non-animal methods.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is working with others across Government on the use of non-animal methods into chemicals and wider risk assessment where they are equal to or offer improvements to accuracy, speed and efficiency. Our approach to regulation aligns with this direction of travel; for example REACH contains the last resort principle, which means that an animal study can only be carried out once a company has exhausted other ways of assessing the chemical’s hazard.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a cross-government Chemicals Strategy to frame the work we are doing across chemicals and put us on a path for improved chemicals management. It will set out our priorities and principles for taking regulatory action to protect human health and the environment. We are aiming to publish the Chemicals Strategy in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/02/2023 15:14:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1588262

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Bevacizumab
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 plans to fund the use of the medication Avastin on the NHS for the treatment of bowel cancer when alternate medications are not suitable due to gene mutations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	150615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective use of resources. NICE’s guidance is based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and developed through extensive engagement with stakeholders. NICE was unable to recommend bevacizumab (Avastin) as an effective use of NHS resources for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer, and it is not routinely funded on the NHS in England.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has been asked to consider updating its appraisals of bevacizumab for colorectal cancer given that there are now multiple biosimilars available, some at significantly lower cost than the price at which bevacizumab was originally assessed. However, NICE must also take into consideration wider considerations regarding the use of bevacizumab in different scenarios that have evolved since the original appraisals. NICE is exploring options and further information on any proposed changes will be made available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/03/2023 12:00:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1587839

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Quality Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the air quality grant for local authorities in the spring budget.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	149601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>Defra remains committed to providing support for local authorities to tackle air pollution through the air quality grant. Since 2018 we have awarded over £35 million to a range of locally targeted projects. This includes £10.7 million in funding awarded to 44 local authorities this year.</p><p> </p><p>The value of funding committed to the grant is reviewed annually. The budget available for the next round of funding will be announced in summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/02/2023 14:29:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1587840

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government's revised air quality strategy will be published.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	149602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The department plans to publish a revised National Air Quality Strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/02/2023 17:24:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1587841

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding to local authorities on achieving targets set out in the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	149603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The delivery of the Environment Act 2021 statutory targets does not place a specific burden on local authorities but will require a shared endeavour from government, local authorities, business and the individual decisions we all make. Through the Environment Act 2021 we have ensured a robust legal framework to hold current and future governments to account, protecting nature for generations to come.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to engage with local authorities on specific targets and to assess any support they need in their delivery.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 147032 147252 147277 147329 question first answered 23/02/2023 17:35:17 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1587843

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Local Adaptation Advisory Panel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met with the Local Adaptation Advisory Panel for England Steering Group.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	149604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Local Adaptation Advisory Panel is an official-level forum in which Defra senior and working-level officials are actively engaged. Defra Ministers do not participate in the group.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 147254 147269 147330 question first answered 23/02/2023 17:55:06 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1586419

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Seas and Oceans: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to agree a global high seas treaty that includes a legally-binding mechanism for the designation of marine protected areas on the high seas before the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	147232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations in the Intergovernmental Conference to negotiate a new Implementing Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) resumed at the UN on 20 February. The UK strongly supports the conclusion of an ambitious agreement at these negotiations and is working hard with international partners to achieve that outcome, which will include a mechanism for establishing Marine Protected Areas in the high seas. Negotiations conclude on 3 March.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 147233 question first answered 27/02/2023 15:48:54 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1586420

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Seas and Oceans: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps with international counterparts to agree a global high seas treaty before the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	147233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations in the Intergovernmental Conference to negotiate a new Implementing Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) resumed at the UN on 20 February. The UK strongly supports the conclusion of an ambitious agreement at these negotiations and is working hard with international partners to achieve that outcome, which will include a mechanism for establishing Marine Protected Areas in the high seas. Negotiations conclude on 3 March.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 147232 question first answered 27/02/2023 15:48:54 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1586661

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the development of new railway stations at (a) Leeds Bradford Airport, (b) White Rose and (c) Thorpe Park.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	147373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the Department announced the results of the £32m New Stations Fund 3, which included £5m for White Rose and £7m for Thorpe Park. White Rose is currently expected to open at the end of 2023, and Thorpe Park in 2024.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Department also provided the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) with funding to develop the business case for a new Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway Station, through the £173.5m Leeds Public Transport Improvement Programme. WYCA is planning to complete its Final Business Case for the station later this year, with the delivery phase due to start in 2024, subject to planning consent.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/02/2023 09:54:33 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1586666

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department holds data on what percentage of Child Protection cases have domestic abuse as the predominant issue.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	147376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of children who were subject to a child protection plan where domestic abuse was the predominant issue. The data that is held shows that of the 50,920 children that were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March 2022, 3,780 (7%) had physical abuse recorded as the initial category of abuse. <br></p><p /> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/02/2023 15:24:57 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel