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	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	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: Coronavirus
	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 her Department is taking with international partners to increase vaccination rates in developing nations to help ensure global protection from potential new variants of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	905244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK supports global vaccine access through the COVAX Facility, which has delivered over 1 billion doses. We have donated more than 30 million doses. Millions more will be sent in 2022. As supply increases, we are working with COVAX and country governments to ensure health systems are ready to deliver vaccines at scale.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 25/01/2022 17:28:53 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1204792

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2020
	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	Clinical Trials: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the core science budget was allocated to fund medical trials of new drugs during the last period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	60748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation is funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and supports basic research into the development of new drugs including pre-clinical research and early stage clinical trials. It does not routinely analyse data on the number of trials specifically relating to the development of new drugs.</p><p> </p><p>UK Research and Innovation supports clinical trials through the Medical Research Council (MRC) including early phase clinical stage trials through ‘response mode’ schemes such as the Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme, which supports pre-clinical development and early clinical trial of novel therapeutics including new and repurposing of existing therapies.</p><p> </p><p>Later stage trials are funded through the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (which is a jointly funded partnership between MRC and the National Institute for Health Research). The MRC also supports:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Joint Global Health Trials programme in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research, the Department for International Development and the Wellcome Trust.</li><li>The European Developing Countries Clinical Trials programme (EDCTP), with a specific focus on poverty-related infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These provide funding to later stage trials including studies evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions with potential to make a step-change in the promotion of health, treatment of disease and improvement of rehabilitation or long-term care.</p><p> </p><p>A recent example of a clinical trial project for a new medicine is the award of over £2.7 million for a Clinical Trial of a Novel Treatment for <em>Clostridium difficile (</em>associated diarrhoea) from Innovate UK as part of the Biomedical Catalyst. This was awarded to MGB Biopharma Ltd based in Glasgow for this new class of small molecule antibiotic.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/06/2020 14:43:42 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1308236

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of animals in scientific experiments through promoting investment in human-relevant life sciences.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	179096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The use of animals in research is carefully regulated and remains important in ensuring new medicines and treatments are safe.   At the same time, the Government believes that animals should only be used when there is no practicable alternative and it 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 for the National Centre for the 3Rs, 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.  Across the UK, the NC3Rs has invested £71 million in research through grants to universities, and almost £28 million in contracts through its CRACK IT Challenges innovation scheme to UK and EU-based institutions, mainly focusing on new approaches for the safety assessment of pharmaceuticals and chemicals that reduce the use of animals.</p><p> </p><p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funds a portfolio of research projects involving humans, human materials, animal models, and non-animal technologies. At this time, no artificial model or simulation can replicate the complexity of disease processes in a living organism and as such, whole organism approaches continue to be important; animal models are used when experimentation in human volunteers is not possible for safety or ethical reasons. However, we do recognise the increasing value of <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in silico</em> models, including organs-on-chips and 3-dimensional mini-brains, which can greatly aid the development of new healthcare innovations and also reduce, refine or replace the use of animals in research.</p><p /><p>The Medical Research Council (MRC), part of UKRI, has for a number of years prioritised experimental medicine research, in which studies are undertaken in humans to identify disease mechanisms and provide early evidence and validity of new discoveries or treatments. In order to accelerate progress in this area a vision for a new Precision Medicine Accelerator (PMA) was approved by MRC in December 2019. The first step of the PMA, a new Experimental Medicine Panel, has been launched to fund academic-led, interventional clinical studies in humans.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/04/2021 16:59:25 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1328965

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2021
	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 Free Research UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the work of Animal Free Research UK on reducing the use of animals in medical research.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	8592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Animal Free Research UK have recently shared their report: ‘Modernising Medical Research: How Britain can become a global leader in animal free science’.</p><p>We are already taking steps to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research. This is an area that is carefully regulated and one that remains important in ensuring new medicines and treatments are safe. The Government believes that animals should only be used when there is no practicable alternative and it 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 for the National Centre for the 3Rs, 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.</p><p>Since the NC3Rs was launched it has committed £100 million through its research, innovation, and early career awards to provide new 3Rs approaches for scientists in academia and industry to use.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 10/06/2021 07:48:52 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1351586

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Intellectual Property: Writers
	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 his Department will take steps to ensure that the concerns of authors are included in his Department’s work on the UK’s future regime for the exhaustion of intellectual property rights, after the closure of the current open consultation.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	40897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>Officials at the Intellectual Property Office (an executive agency of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), which is responsible for policy development on the UK’s IP exhaustion regime have met with representatives of the UK book industry, including authors, to discuss the issues arising from this open consultation.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2021 13:53:46 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1351587

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Intellectual Property: Writers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent representations his Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) the publishing sector on the save our books campaign; and if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of those representations.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	40898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently consulting on the UK’s future exhaustion of IP rights regime and has received responses from a variety of respondents.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on this matter is still ongoing and once the consultation has closed, the Department will assess information arising from that consultation so that a decision may be made.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2021 12:26:42 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1351588

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Intellectual Property: Writers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the consultation entitled the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime, published by the Intellectual Property Office on 21 July 2021, what impact assessment his Department has conducted of the potential effect on the (a) UK publishing industry and (b) UK authors of the potential introduction of an international exhaustion framework for copyright.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	40899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime is open and the Government welcomes all interested parties to contribute to the consultation prior to the closing date of 31 August. An impact assessment was published alongside the consultation which will be updated.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2021 12:25:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1131129

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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	Business: North Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps he has taken to support businesses in North Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	911259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Businesses across North Yorkshire are benefitting from this Government’s investment of over £840 million through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Deals. This is providing financial assistance to local businesses, as well as improving infrastructure and skills.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, £47 million LGF award will release significant private sector investment in the York Central project. This £100 million urban regeneration will accommodate up to 7,000 jobs, and create more than 112,000 square meters of new retail, leisure and commercial space.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/06/2019 14:06:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288003

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern Transport Acceleration Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of basing the Northern Transport Acceleration Council in the north of England.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	156371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department has established the Northern Transport Acceleration Council, an advisory forum to progress and unblock existing priority transport projects, to speed up the delivery of vital infrastructure projects and connect communities across the North’s towns and cities. It has successfully brought together leaders from across the north of England to meet and engage with Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, meetings have so far been held online. However, we look forward to engaging with leaders in the North in person as soon as it is safe to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The council is supported by a small secretariat team of officials based in the North. They work alongside regionally based area leads and DfT’s Acceleration Unit to connect with local transport authorities and northern leaders.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/03/2021 13:01:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1289466

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	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	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to implement climate change policies that (a) ensure the UK makes a proportionate contribution to limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures, (b) accurately record all UK carbon emissions, including shipping and aviation, (c) protect and restore diverse habitats along overseas supply chains and (d) restore UK soils, wildlife habitats and species populations.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	158029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>As the independent Climate Change Committee recognise, we have made world-leading progress in cutting our emissions while growing the economy. Since setting our net zero target, we have announced my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan, as well as our Energy White Paper, which demonstrates our commitment to eradicating our contribution to climate change by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>For its carbon targets, the UK follows the agreed international approach for estimating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, which is for countries to report the emissions produced within their territories. We are considering recommendations on International Aviation and Shipping carefully ahead of setting the sixth carbon budget.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will be dedicating at least £3bn of international climate finance in the next five years to climate change solutions that protect and restore nature. In 2019, we launched the Global Resource Initiative (GRI) to advise on reducing the deforestation impacts of key UK supply chains. The GRI published 14 recommendations for action and government responded in November 2020, detailing how it would take this forward. As part of its COP26 Presidency, the UK also launched the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) dialogue to bring together governments of major producer and consumer countries to agree actions which reduce deforestation.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to protecting and restoring the UK’s natural environment. The 25 Year Environment Plan will create or restore 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat in England. We have also doubled funding to £80m for the Green Recovery Challenge Fund to kick start a programme of nature-based projects to address the twin challenges of halting biodiversity loss and tackling climate change.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/03/2021 12:25:04 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy