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1670138

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date	14/11/2023
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	Dementia: Diagnosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Alzheimer's Research UK report Tipping Point: The Future of Dementia, published in September, what steps they are taking to improve access to dementia diagnosis technologies, such as PET scans and lumbar punctures.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England has established a dedicated national programme team which is working in partnership with other national agencies and with local health systems to co-ordinate the preparations for the potential roll out of new treatments for use in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s disease. These plans assume that, if these new treatments are approved by the regulators, significant additional diagnostic capacity, including amyloid PET-CT, lumbar puncture and MRI, will be needed both to identify patients who are most able to benefit and to provide important safety monitoring for potential adverse effects during treatment.</p><p>NHS England is also working with partner agencies to support and inform further research into other diagnostic modalities, including blood-based biomarker and digital tests, which will help improve identification and management of Alzheimer’s disease.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/11/2023 16:06:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1463845

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date	17/05/2022
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Marie Curie report Dying in Poverty, published in May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department has noted the recommendations made in the report, values Marie Curie as a key stakeholder and welcomes our ongoing constructive engagement with them and other key end of life charities on policy development in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving fast tracked access to benefits for people nearing the end of their life. Recent changes to Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance regulations have replaced the current 6-month rule for determining who get this fast-tracked access with a 12-month end of life approach.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill, introduced in the Queens Speech earlier this month, will make similar changes to Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA). Collectively, these changes, will enable thousands more people who are thought to be in the final year of their life to get fast-tracked access to the benefits they are eligible for.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 30/05/2022 13:10:39 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1315005

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date	17/05/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on the intellectual property sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s intellectual property (IP) regime achieves an effective balance between rewarding creators and innovation, and reflecting wider public interests such as ensuring access and use of IP on reasonable terms. The Government will not sign trade deals that compromise the UK’s world leading IP regime.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish its negotiation objectives for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, scoping assessment, and consultation response in advance of the start of accession negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 28/05/2021 11:04:08 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

1170173

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date	13/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review will incorporate Britain’s role and involvement in (1) the Council of Europe, (2) the OSCE and its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, (3) the Inter-Parliamentary Union, (4) the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and (5) other multilateral agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Security Defence and Foreign Policy Review was announced in the Queen's Speech to reassess the nation’s place in the world. The review will examine how we strengthen and prioritise our alliances, diplomacy and development. It will also deliver against the government’s ambition to extend our diplomatic network; reinvigorate relationships with Europe; and seek to strengthen old and new partnerships across the world.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/01/2020 12:30:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton