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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

1470056

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Health Centres and Hospitals: Capital Investment
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 fund capital investment in new hospitals and health centres.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	900475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030, backed by an initial £3.7 billion. Together with eight existing schemes, this will mean 48 hospitals by the end of the decade, the biggest hospital building programme in a generation.</p><p>In addition to this, multi-year funding to 2024/25 of £1.7 billion has been secured for over 70 hospital upgrades, including health centres, to improve health infrastructure across the country over the long term. The aim of this investment is to modernise and transform the NHS’s buildings and services by funding physical upgrades across the country. We have already completed 65 upgrade schemes since 2017.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/06/2022 15:31:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1470057

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Cannabis: 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 recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of prescribing medicinal cannabis on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Ms Anum Qaisar
uin	900476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>Licenced cannabis-based medicines are routinely prescribed and funded on the NHS. However, the latest National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines (written in 2019), demonstrate a clear need for more evidence to support routine prescribing and funding for unlicensed cannabis-based products.</p><p>We are working with regulatory, research and NHS partners to establish clinical trials to prove products safe and effective. We need the cannabis industry to come forward and work with us on this.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/06/2022 15:29:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4917 label Biography information for Ms Anum Qaisar

1470058

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	NHS Covid Pass
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 further deliver the Covid Pass Programme.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	900477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>Domestic certification ended on 12 May and the need for the domestic pass was removed.</p><p>The NHS COVID travel pass remains an important tool, allowing holiday makers and business travellers to demonstrate COVID-19 vaccination status when they travel outside of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 14/06/2022 15:54:32 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1470059

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	NHS: Staff
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 support NHS workers with the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	900478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We are giving NHS workers a pay rise this year, on top of 3% last year when pay was frozen in the wider public sector. The independent pay review bodies will make a recommendation on the uplift’s size, incorporating factors including inflation and the economy.</p><p>Additionally, many NHS workers will benefit from direct government cost of living support. Millions of households will receive a £400 discount on their energy bills from October. Furthermore, this year’s Spring Statement included a £330 tax cut for millions of workers through the National Insurance contributions threshold increase in July and a 5p cut to fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/06/2022 15:35:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1470060

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of available dental appointments for NHS patients.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	900479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>This information is not currently collected, however as part of the next phase of our dental system reform work we will be considering all parts of the system and how it operates, including which data is collected where and how it is used, to ensure that we have a reformed and improved system which will deliver better outcomes for patients. NHS Dentists are remunerated for dental activity not by appointment. We provided an extra £50 million for additional activity and patient appointments at the beginning of this year and from April NHS dentists have been asked to deliver at least 95% of contracted activity.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/06/2022 15:29:50 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1470061

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Dental Services: Equality
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 reduce inequalities in access to dental services.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	900481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We are aware that some patients find it difficult to access NHS dentistry. Work is underway to better target patients with complex needs. NHS England has provided a flexible commissioning toolkit to commissioners to focus available capacity on reducing oral health inequalities.</p><p>In addition, we provided an extra £50 million earlier this year for additional dental access. The appointments were targeted to vulnerable patients and those in most urgent need.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/06/2022 15:29:40 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin