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1522461

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the Government response to the public consultation on managing pavement parking; and whether her Department plans to introduce legislation to prohibit parking on grass verges in England outside London.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	63165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>We are actively considering the options for pavement parking policy (including parking on grass verges) in light of the consultation findings. The Department will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 21/10/2022 10:55:22 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1519369

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to support Helpathon initiatives consisting of collaborative workshops to support biomedical researchers identify animal-free research methods.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	59609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government actively supports and funds the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce, and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs).  This is achieved primarily through funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs), which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of 3Rs technologies and ensure that advances in the 3Rs are reflected in policy, practice, and regulations on animal research. Since the NC3Rs was launched in 2004, it has committed £100 million in research to develop 3Rs technologies and its scientific staff have led research projects, in collaboration with academic and industry partners, that have been used to inform changes in policy and regulations on the use of animals in research.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/10/2022 17:23:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1519767

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Agriculture: Climate Change
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 assessment he has made of the role of intensive farming in the climate emergency; and what steps the Government will take to transition to sustainable and humane food systems.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	59610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, the UK announced the £65 million Just Rural Transition Support Programme to support developing countries design and implement approaches that help farmers build resilience and drive investment into more sustainable methods of agriculture. This builds on £9 million of current UK Government support to the Just Rural Transition which is helping countries to take initial steps to implement sustainable land use policies and practices. This is also a priority domestically. Following our exit from the European Union, England has begun a programme of ambitious agriculture reform. This new policy will, over a gradual transition period, phase out the area-based EU style subsidies and instead introduce a package of voluntary grants and continuous payments which reward farmers for environmental outcomes, increase productivity and support investment in technology.</p><p>It is clear that global food and agriculture systems are central drivers of climate change, contributing up to 33% of global Greenhouse Gas Emissions and are the leading driver of biodiversity loss. Through the COP26 campaign on Accelerating Transition to Sustainable Agriculture, the UK COP Presidency raised visibility and mobilised action for transformation in agriculture, land use and food systems, essential to ensure sustainable food production for a growing population whilst building resilience for farmers and a just transition to reduce emissions and reversing harmful impacts on biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 25/10/2022 13:50:02 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1520112

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which her Department did not undertake any eye irritation tests on animals in 2021; and if she will take steps to ensure that no tests are undertaken in future.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	60213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Animal testing is only authorised where there is scientific benefit, to people, animals or the environment, and only when all aspects of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 have been fulfilled. This includes testing only being authorised after successful completion of a harm benefit assessment, when there are no scientifically satisfactory alternative methods and where the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) have been fully applied.</p><p>The statistics have shown a continual decline in the requirement for testing of the irritancy of substances to the eye. This decline has largely been due to the successful development and approval of non-animal methods. The Government continues to be committed to the full implementation of the 3Rs and for developing new 3Rs techniques through support to the National Centre for the 3Rs.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/10/2022 16:04:08 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1504876

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
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 plans to extend the availability of Evusheld as a covid-19 prophylactic treatment through clinical trials for immunocompromised individuals.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	47511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s clinical advisors have recommended that a clinical trial of Evusheld should be considered to understand the connection between in vitro tests and clinical outcomes for current and future variants and evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a dose of 600 milligrams, which was not tested in randomised controlled trials. We are currently exploring options for such a trial.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 10:56:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1503288

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 85238 on Diagnosis, when he plans to publish NHS England’s evaluation report on Rapid Diagnostic Centres.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	44955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service cancer programme commissioned an external evaluation of the faster diagnosis programme, including rapid diagnostic centres, for the period until March 2024. The final report will be considered for publication in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 14:59:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1503870

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Poultry: Animal Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to launch a consultation on banning the sale of eggs produced from caged hens; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	45458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government are committed to phasing out confinement systems and supporting the industry to do so, not least to underpin UK food security. However, as reiterated by the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food at the ‘End the Cage Age’ debate held in June, we do need to work carefully and sensitively with the pig and poultry sectors as any transition must be done with, rather than against, these industries.</p><p> </p><p>This is an extremely challenging time for Britain’s farmers, with enormously increased input costs — of food, fuel and fertiliser — affecting almost all production systems to a greater or lesser extent, and of course for the general public who are faced with significant challenges around the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>So, any decisions by Government on this issue, including timing of consultations, must be carefully considered in light of these wider, and clearly highly important, priorities. We have a course of action in play and will progress with our plans to transition away from use of cages in farming systems as soon as the time is right.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 45341 45484 45512 45590 45655 45974 question first answered 07/09/2022 14:03:16 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1490103

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision the 10 Year Cancer Plan will make for expanding system infrastructure to deliver radioligand therapy and other innovative cancer treatment.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	38616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper MP) on 19 July 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-11/33937" target="_blank">33937</a>.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris grouped question UIN 38733 question first answered 25/07/2022 10:55:09 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1490104

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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: Radioisotopes
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 adequacy of the availability of shielded rooms in the context of the likely increase in the availability of (a) radioligand therapy and (b) other nuclear medicines to treat certain cancers.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	38617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Further work is required on the safe delivery of the service with an appropriate number of providers to balance patient access with available specialist expertise and infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris grouped question UIN 38781 question first answered 21/07/2022 13:33:37 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1488447

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure faster progress on the development of non-animal technologies for use in scientific research and testing; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	34889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the use of animals in science is justified, for the benefits it brings to human, animal and environmental health and safety.</p><p>The Government is committed to assuring that those animals used in science are protected. The legal framework in the UK requires that animals are only ever used in scientific procedures where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used is the minimum needed to achieve the scientific benefit, and where the potential harm to animals is limited to that needed to achieve the scientific benefit.</p><p>The Government continues to actively support and fund alternatives to the use of animals. The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) leads on developing and sharing techniques in the UK and internationally.</p><p>Since the NC3Rs was launched in 2004, it has invested £77 million in research towards developing new approaches to Replace, Reduce and Refine the use of animals in scientific procedures, and an additional £32 million through its CRACK IT programme for SMEs and universities to work with the pharmaceutical and chemical industries on collaborative 3Rs projects that aim to generate commercial opportunities in this area.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 34890 34891 question first answered 21/07/2022 11:41:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 14513 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith