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156459

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date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mefloquine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Lariam (mefloquine) is administered to pilots and air crew serving in the armed forces.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL2901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>As with all prescriptions the Ministry of Defence follows the drug manufacturer's advice which stipulates that Mefloquine (commercially known as Lariam) should not be taken if you are carrying out complex tasks such as driving, piloting an aircraft or diving. Accordingly, the Department's current policy is that aircrew are not to take Mefloquine.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 01/12/2014 16:16:54 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

156460

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Malaria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the unit cost is of (1) Lariam (mefloquine), and (2) malarone.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL2902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The current edition of the British National Formulary lists the price of Lariam (mefloquine) as £14.53 for a pack of 8 tablets and the price of Malarone (proguanil hydrochloride with atovaquone) as £25.21 for a pack of 12 tablets.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:37:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

156461

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Malaria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention has met in the last two years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL2903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Full meetings of the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention occurred in March and August of 2012 and January and December of 2013. The next full meeting is planned for January 2015. There was a sub-group meeting in 2014 to approve the 2014 version of the <em>Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:41:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

156462

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will instruct the United Kingdom's representative at the United Nations Security Council to call on the Secretary General to publish the full report of the Cooper Review team on the United Nations Mission in Darfur, rather than the summary given to members of the Security Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by the Cooper Review and believe it is essential that the UN communicate its findings openly and transparently. We will urge the UN to undertake a thorough assessment of the issues raised and publish the full report of the Cooper Review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 01/12/2014 15:18:16 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156463

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2643), whether the records held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on foetal reductions carried out in the first trimester and early in the second trimester following in vitro fertilisation or donor insemination indicate that it has any significant impact on "the single biggest risk to the health and welfare of children born following fertility treatment"; if so, what is the effect and how it is represented numerically; and to what extent the recommendation that prevention of multiple pregnancies through single embryo transfer should be preferred to multi-foetal pregnancy reduction reflects a lack of efficacy of foetal reductions in reducing risks or emotional trauma associated with such a procedure.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has not undertaken such an analysis but that it plans to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:41:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156464

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2642), whether they consider that any of the mitochondrial diseases listed in Annex D of the "Mitochondrial Donation" consultation document could ever arise from a nuclear gene defect; and if so, what is their assessment of the frequency with which it occurs and how that has been reflected when discussing mitochondrial diseases that may be candidates for pronuclear transfer or spindle-chromosomal complex transfer.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>As stated in my Written Answer of 17 November 2014 (<em>Official Report</em>, col. WA59) the mitochondrial diseases listed in Annex D of the mitochondrial donation consultation document are diseases caused by an inherited mutation in mitochondrial DNA. As such, none of these diseases are caused by a nuclear gene defect. Mitochondrial disorders caused by a nuclear gene defect are distinct from those listed in Annex D.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:42:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156465

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 3 December 2010 (WA 492–3) and 17 November (HL2641), to what extent the collection of eggs only at licensed fertility clinics in line with the guidance outlined in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Code of Practice is already proven to eliminate the incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS); how many clinics they are aware of that had not been licensed by the HFEA, whether in the United Kingdom or anywhere else worldwide, at which the incidence of OHSS was as a direct consequence significantly higher than that previously reported in the journal <i>Human Fertility</i> (volume 10, issue 3, pages 183–7); and how they have assessed the impact of HFEA regulation on OHSS incidence in the absence of an evidence base to predict the cohort of patients that may develop OHSS.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that it has not carried out an analysis of the extent to which the collection of eggs at licensed fertility clinics in line with the guidance outlined in the Authority’s Code of Practice is proven to eliminate the incidence of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA is not aware of any unlicensed clinics in the United Kingdom which carry out egg collection, intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilisation. Clinics which administer fertility drugs but do not carry out egg collection, intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilisation in the United Kingdom are not under the HFEA’s regulatory remit and therefore are not licensed by the HFEA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it has not assessed the impact of its policies on the incidence of OHSS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:40:56 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156466

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2643), what was the proportion of stillbirths and linked infant deaths as described in the previously provided table in which both of the two twins and each of the three triplets from the same pregnancy either similarly died in infancy or were stillborn.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 21/11/2014 13:18:49 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL2908 ONS Letter - Lord Alton.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156467

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the outcome of the meeting held with the NSPCC on 14 November to discuss the Serious Crime Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL2909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The meeting between Government officials, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Police and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to discuss the case for criminalising sexual communications with a child was constructive.</p><p>As my Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary indicated during Home Office oral questions on 17 November (House of Commons, official report, column 17), we will complete our consideration of the case for a new offence in good time to enable an amendment to be tabled to the Serious Crime Bill in the House of Commons should the Government decide to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 03/12/2014 16:47:02 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

156468

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genomics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in view of developments in genomic medicine and the case for communicating accurately and sensitively the significance of genomic data to patients, they will reconsider the possibility of mandatory registration of genomic counsellors.
tabling member printed	Lord Walton of Detchant
uin	HL2910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has emphasised the importance of developing a well-trained National Health Service work force to benefit from the advances in genomic medicine. The education and training requirements of genetic counsellors and their regulatory arrangements are currently being considered as part of the Health Education England’s Genomics Programme. NHS England is focused on ensuring it fulfils its contribution to meeting the objectives of the 100,000 Genomes Project and the elements for which it is accountable. This includes establishing NHS Genomic Medicine Centres through a robust procurement process, as part of which all potential NHS Genomic Medicine Centres will be required to demonstrate what arrangements they will put in place to ensure validated findings are fed back to patients in an appropriate and timely manner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2014 12:39:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1716 label Biography information for Lord Walton of Detchant