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1653662

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	date	17/07/2023
	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	Probiotics: Labelling
	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of the term probiotic being used as an ingredient descriptor on (a) food and (b) food supplement labels.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	194538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>‘Probiotic’ is a term used to describe live bacteria used in food and food supplements. The current Regulation governs the use of nutrition and health claims on foods to protect consumers from being misled, by ensuring that any health claims made are backed by substantiated scientific evidence. Under the Regulation, the term ‘probiotic’ can be considered a non-specific health claim, as it suggests a relationship between the substance and health. It can already be used, providing it is accompanied by an approved health claim for the specific strain of live bacteria. No further assessment of merit has been undertaken although the Department continues to engage with industry on any potential future application for new assessment. To date the Department has not received any application for approving claims on specific strains of live bacteria. Companies would be required to include the specific strain in the ingredient listing.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/07/2023 10:08:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1651952

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Deep Sea Mining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on deep-sea ecosystems of the draft exploitation regulations under the International Seabed Authority Mining Code.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	193458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK is fully engaged in the ongoing negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council and Assembly, to agree deep sea mining exploitation regulations. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office leads the UK delegation to the ISA.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s policy is not to sponsor or support the issuing of any exploitation licences for deep sea mining projects unless and until there is sufficient scientific evidence about the potential impact on deep sea ecosystems, and strong enforceable environmental Regulations, Standards and Guidelines have been developed by the ISA and are in place. The UK’s approach is both precautionary and conditional.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an independent review from the British Geological Survey, the National Oceanography Centre and Heriot-Watt University. The review was published in October 2022 and is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/deep-sea-mining-evidence-review-published/" target="_blank">https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/deep-sea-mining-evidence-review-published/</a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/07/2023 15:10:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1653654

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Wave Trust
	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of working directly with the WAVE Trust 70/30 campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	194533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The 1,001 critical days from conception to the age of two set the foundations for an individual’s cognitive, emotional and physical development. That is why the Government is investing around £300 million to improve support for babies, children and families through the joint Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The safeguarding of children and young people is also an important part of the National Health Service’s role. This is why we have also published and disseminated a working definition of trauma-informed practice for the health and care sector. In England, at the local authority level, the police, integrated care board and local authority are under a statutory duty to make arrangements to work together, and with other partners locally, to safeguard children in their area.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Department of Health and Social Care would be happy to meet with the WAVE Trust to discuss our joint commitment to giving every baby the best start in life.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/07/2023 10:10:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day