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1488848

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date	13/07/2022
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	Developing Countries: Genito-urinary Medicine
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 recent steps her Department has taken to meet target 3.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	35907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We are proud to defend universal access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights as outlined in the International Development Strategy and Ending Preventable Deaths of Mothers, Babies and Children by 2030 approach paper. This includes our renewed support to life saving global health initiatives such as the Global Financing Facility and to the United Nations Population Fund Supplies programme to advance the availability of modern contraception in the world's poorest countries. The UK continues to work with like-minded partners to accelerate global progress, including by securing joint commitments at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government and G7 Health Ministerial. This work is crucial to unlock the potential, agency and freedom of women and girls around the world.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 18/07/2022 15:32:36 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488876

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to expand radiotherapy service capacity; and what assessment he has made of potential future demand for those services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	35908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2022/23, NHS England intends to undertake a capacity and demand review of external beam radiotherapy capacity. This aims to support local systems to plan radiotherapy provision, including the replacement of equipment.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 18/07/2022 16:44:49 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488878

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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 steps his Department plans to take to ensure that NHS Trusts meet targets for cancer treatment waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	35909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how we aim to return the number of people waiting more than 62 days to start treatment following an urgent referral for suspected cancer to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. We have committed a further £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund to increase capacity in elective services, including for cancer treatment.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 18/07/2022 16:47:31 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488879

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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 steps he is taking to (a) ensure that cancer patients in Ealing, Southall constituency begin their treatment within a maximum of 62 days of an urgent GP referral and (b) reduce average waiting times for cancer care treatment in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	35910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has established rapid diagnostic clinics to allow patients presenting with non-specific symptoms to obtain rapid diagnostics. This includes magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans to detect potential cancers at the earliest opportunity. Since April 2022, the Trust has focus on lower gastrointestinal care pathways to improve waiting time performance.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 26/07/2022 16:52:54 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris previous answer version 13722 answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488883

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to establish the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	35911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>An independent Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee will agree an annual, resourced monitoring plan with the Joint Committee. The terms of reference and membership of the Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership are in the process of being developed and will set out how the Monitoring Committee will report its findings.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee is due to become established over the next few weeks. More details on this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 18/07/2022 09:14:59 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488316

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Antimicrobials: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019-2024, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the allocation of funding for (a) clean water, (b) sanitation and (c) hygiene in low and middle income countries to help prevent the spread of infections and the development of antimicrobial resistance.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	34876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care continues to engage with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to discuss the Government’s approach to addressing anti-microbial resistance (AMR). This includes the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s international investment of UK Aid into water, sanitation and hygiene programmes in low and middle-income countries to prevent infection, control its spread and reduce the need for antimicrobials. Between 2016 and 2020, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office supported 62.6 million people to gain access to clean water and/or sanitation.</p><p>In addition, international projects such as the Department of Health and Social Care’s Fleming Fund and the Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship Scheme assist pharmacists in low and middle-income countries to participate in improving sanitation in healthcare settings.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/07/2022 15:29:11 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 13309 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488505

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	Asylum: Rwanda
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 ensure that her policy of transferring people with asylum applications to Rwanda does not result in the separation of families.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	34877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>With the exception of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, any individual who has arrived in the UK through dangerous, illegal and unnecessary methods since 1 January 2022 may be considered for relocation to Rwanda. Decisions will be taken on a case-by-case basis, and nobody will be relocated if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them.</p><p>Everyone considered for relocation will be screened and have access to legal advice.</p><p>We have published our Inadmissibility guidance on GOV.UK to make clearer provisions for removals to a safe third country under a model like the MEDP Partnership.</p><p>Those with family links in the UK, who want to be considered for entry to the UK, should seek to do so via safe and legal routes. Nobody needs to put their lives into the hands of criminal people smuggling gangs by making dangerous and irregular journeys. Individuals with family in the UK may still be relocated to Rwanda subject to a detailed consideration of their Article 8 rights under the Human Rights Act.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 15/07/2022 08:25:27 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488506

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	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the findings and recommendations of the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership will be made publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	34878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>An independent Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee will agree an annual, resourced monitoring plan with the Joint Committee. The terms of reference and membership of the Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership are in the process of being developed and will set out how the Monitoring Committee will report its findings.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee is due to become established over the next few weeks. More details on this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 34879 34880 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:25:29 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488507

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	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources will be provided to the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership to enable it to fulfil its functions.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	34879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>An independent Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee will agree an annual, resourced monitoring plan with the Joint Committee. The terms of reference and membership of the Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership are in the process of being developed and will set out how the Monitoring Committee will report its findings.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee is due to become established over the next few weeks. More details on this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 34878 34880 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:25:29 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1488508

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	Asylum: Rwanda
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 ensure that the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership is established before anyone is transferred under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	34880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>An independent Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee will agree an annual, resourced monitoring plan with the Joint Committee. The terms of reference and membership of the Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership are in the process of being developed and will set out how the Monitoring Committee will report its findings.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee is due to become established over the next few weeks. More details on this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 34878 34879 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:25:29 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma