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1735523

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Jack Abbott
uin	900763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>We have implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament earlier this year. The ban came into force on 24th September.</p><p>We will also be pressing ahead as soon as possible with a ban on Ninja swords, following the tireless campaigning of Pooja Kanda whose son Ronan was killed with one of these lethal weapons. We will be launching a consultation shortly and plan to introduce the legislation shortly afterwards when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 21/10/2024 15:01:52 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5131

1733060

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of crown court sitting days that have been reduced.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Jack Abbott
uin	8312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>Every year, the Government and the Judiciary agree a number of sitting days and an overall budget in what is known as the Concordat process.</p><p>In June, the judiciary reached an agreement with the former Lord Chancellor to sit 106,000 days in the Crown Court within a total budget of £275 million.</p><p>To support efforts to maximise capacity, the Lord Chancellor has since agreed to fund an additional 500 days.</p><p>But there has been over listing against this budget – with more trials scheduled than the funding allows.</p><p>As a result, approximately 1,600 sitting days to be withdrawn. The level of impact will vary across regions and is being managed closely to ensure there is minimal disruption to all involved.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 23/10/2024 10:48:10 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5131

1719032

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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	Israel: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help Israel tackle online disinformation campaigns backed by Iran.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	26919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The FCDO is not working through partners in Israel, but is working with partners across government to directly identify information manipulation, hold hostile actors to account for malign activity and increase access to factual information.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/05/2024 18:05:15 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1718033

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her steps her Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for prostate cancer prior to the TRANSFORM trial findings.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	26279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including prostate cancer, remains a priority for the Government and we are working towards the NHS Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing 75% of stageable cancers at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. We know more people are surviving cancer in the United Kingdom than ever and that is partly down to early diagnosis.</p><p>Prior to the TRANSFORM trial, we are helping more people get diagnosed earlier by raising awareness, implementing the faster diagnosis standard and funding investment in research and diagnostics. NHS England takes steps to raise awareness of prostate cancer where there are opportunities to do so; for example NHS England partners with cancer alliances, charities and local representatives to reach people through projects in the heart of their communities. Cancer alliances have also been undertaking action to alert ‘at risk’ groups about prostate cancer, this is determined at a local level and so will vary depending on local needs and priorities.</p><p>To support faster diagnosis, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways and in October 2022 introduced the best practice timed pathway for prostate cancer. This guidance recommends those with suspected prostate cancer undertake a multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before biopsy, which ensures only those men most at risk of having cancer undergo an invasive biopsy.</p><p>In 2018, the Government announced £75 million of funding for clinical trials for prostate cancer, focusing on early diagnosis, survival rates and treatment options. Since April 2018, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded over £60 million to more than 28 research studies relevant to prostate cancer. These include randomised controlled trials of different treatments, a randomised controlled trial of different methods of biopsy and a survivors’ rehabilitation evaluation.</p><p>Alongside cutting-edge research, we are helping more people get diagnosed earlier for cancer and other conditions by rolling out additional tests, checks and scans at 160 locations across England through our Community Diagnostics Centres programme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/05/2024 16:46:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1713600

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rules on the level of National Insurance contributions that are required to receive the full State Pension on people who contracted out.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	23598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>In January 2016, the Department published an impact assessment titled “<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a803fde40f0b62302692669/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">Impact of New State Pension (nSP) on an Individual’s Pension Entitlement – Longer Term Effects of nSP</a>”. This included an assessment of the impact that contracting out could have on an individual’s ability to achieve the full rate of the new State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 29/04/2024 15:48:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1700561

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make it his policy to continue the suspension of aid funding to UNWRA until evidence is provided that dismisses links between UNWRA and proscribed terror groups.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	21446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>We are appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned. We have paused any future funding of UNRWA.</p><p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and Catherine Colonna have now provided their interim reports to the UN Secretary-General.</p><p>We want UNRWA to give detailed undertakings about changes in personnel, policy and precedents to ensure this can never happen again.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 16:31:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1700598

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Planning: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to reclassify retail as legitimate employment land use as part of the Accelerated Planning Service Consultation.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	21483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Our proposals for the Accelerated Planning Service do not include the reclassification of any land uses. The Accelerated Planning Service on which the Government is currently consulting is for planning applications for major commercial development which create 1,000 sqm or more of new or additional employment space as defined in planning legislation. This could include retail development. The consultation closes on 1 May 2024 and we will analyse responses and announce our decision in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21488 question first answered 22/04/2024 13:51:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1694947

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if her Department will update its information on energy efficiency online to include the potential costs savings of (a) circulator pumps and (b) hydraulic balancing.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	17921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The ‘Welcome Home to Energy Efficiency’ advice site focuses on longer term changes consumers can make to their homes to make them more sustainable and help reduce energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>The content of the site is regularly reviewed and updated by the Department’s policy teams to ensure the information on specific measures and schemes is accurate and that emerging new schemes and technologies are included.</p><p>The government was clear in the government response to the consultation on the standards now known as Boiler Plus, that hydraulic balancing is an expected practice that should be undertaken when a new boiler installed.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 19/03/2024 10:01:30 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1694948

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
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	Prostate Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there is no national screening programme for prostate cancer.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	17922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not currently recommend screening for prostate cancer in the United Kingdom due to the inaccuracy of the current best test, called Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, as some of them would be diagnosed with a cancer that would not have caused them problems during their life. This would lead to additional tests and treatments which can also have harmful side effects.</p><p>The Government understands the importance of improving evidence around prostate screening and therefore we are providing £16 million of funding to Prostate Cancer UK's £42 million trial, which is aimed at helping us find a way of catching prostate cancer in men as early as possible.</p><p>The UK NSC will consider the evidence for six possible approaches to targeted prostate screening for those at higher risk. The UK NSC will publish its recommendations when complete. The Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme provides general practices with information to counsel asymptomatic men aged 50 years old about PSA testing for prostate cancer.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/03/2024 15:16:17 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1690124

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Food: UK Trade with EU
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 he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reclassifying fresh (a) fruit and (b) root vegetables from the EU as medium risk on retailers.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	14730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>No assessment on impacts will be made as there has been no change to the risk category of fruit and vegetables. A temporary easement has been put in place for fruit and vegetables imported to GB.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2024 14:15:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt