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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

1488448

	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 assessment she has made of the potential economic merits of the UK becoming a global leader in the development of non-animal technologies for use in scientific research and testing.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	34890
	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 34889 34891 question first answered 21/07/2022 11:41:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 14516 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

1524733

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 so that it considers animals recognised as sentient in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	67885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act recognises cephalopods and decapods as sentient. The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) was amended in 2013 to include cephalopods for protections to animals in scientific research. The Government has previously indicated that it will consider the implications of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act for ASPA to improve the welfare of animals used in science and maintain a regime of protection that enables the delivery of benefits.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/11/2022 17:25:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 29578 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1537191

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of in-person inspections of establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	73828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Regulator has strengthened its regulatory oversight and published its process of full system audits at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>.</p><p>The Regulator’s audit programme for compliance assurance purposes is delivered in accordance with the requirements defined in the legislation. This includes in-person announced and unannounced visits to licensed establishments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:20:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31833 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1537192

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published in October 2022, what assessment she has made of that report's finding that over 95 per cent of non-compliance incidents were self-reported from 2019 to 2021; and whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of unannounced inspections of establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	73829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Regulator has strengthened its regulatory oversight and published its process of full system audits at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>. The Regulator’s audit programme for compliance assurance purposes is delivered in accordance with the requirements defined in the legislation. This includes in-person announced and unannounced visits to licensed establishments.</p><p>Self-reporting of non-compliance, in regulatory frameworks, is generally indicative of a willingness towards compliance. The Regulator encourages self-reporting as part of a good governance framework and a culture of compliance.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:19:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31831 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	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

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

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	Evusheld
	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