Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1739149

registered interest
date	04/11/2024
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	United Nations: International Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the United Nations Pact for the Future; and, if so, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>On 22 September, the Pact for the Future and its accompanying annexes, a Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations, was adopted by consensus in the United Nations General Assembly. In a speech to the General Assembly on 26 September, the Prime Minister emphasised the UK's support for the Pact for the Future. The Pact provides a critical opportunity for UN Member States to make real-world impact to turbocharge delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and set a blueprint for how reinvigorated multilateralism can respond to today and tomorrow's challenges.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 08/11/2024 10:21:46 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1739170

registered interest
date	04/11/2024
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	Young People: Mental Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a national wellbeing measure for children to provide local authorities and national policymakers with data for the purpose of improving the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
uin	HL2256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever, giving mental health the same attention as physical health. We are reforming the National Health Service and have committed to providing access to specialist mental health professionals in every school, so every young person has access to early support to address problems before they escalate. The Government will also be putting in place new Young Futures hubs, including access to mental health support workers, and will recruit an additional 8,500 new mental health staff to treat children and adults.</p><p>There are no current plans to introduce a national wellbeing measure for children. The Office for National Statistics publishes a range of children’s wellbeing measures. The Department maintains ongoing monitoring of the national data landscape and research on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, to support its policy making.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 13:56:19 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4714 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

1738606

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Railway
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with East Midlands Railway regarding the restoration of regular train services between Lincoln and Newark Northgate following their withdrawal in the emergency timetable introduced in June 2021, resulting in gaps in services between Lincoln and London via Newark Northgate.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>Officials and East Midlands Railway are having conversations regarding the restoration of train services between Lincoln and Newark Northgate. Reinstatement is dependent upon the implementation of the East Coast Main Line timetable recast and successful conclusion of the relevant industry and departmental processes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 07/11/2024 12:51:43 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1738286

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Bacterial Diseases: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency about expediting the use of phage treatments in last-resort medical cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting innovation and the development of new, safe, and effective medicines. Officials in the Department are working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to explore the use of bacteriophages, also known as phages.</p><p>Although there are currently no licensed bacteriophage medicines in the United Kingdom, patients may still access them as part of a clinical trial, as unlicensed medicines, or as medicines prepared under the supervision of a pharmacist.</p><p>The MHRA is actively developing non-binding, regulator-agnostic information to help innovators understand what type of quality, safety, and efficacy data is needed by regulators to evaluate phage products for market authorisation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 10:14:59 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1738292

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Suicide: Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what cross-departmental work they are undertaking to address gambling-related suicide.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL2146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening protections to ensure that people can continue to enjoy gambling without the risks that can ensue from harmful gambling. The <em>Suicide Prevention Strategy for England 2023-2028</em>, published September 2023, sets out a commitment to address common risk factors linked to suicide, including gambling, by providing early intervention and tailored support. The Department of Health and Social Care is continuing to work across Government to progress this.</p><p>Along with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, we are committed to reviewing the best available evidence from a wide range of sources and working with all stakeholders in order to support the industry and ensure there are robust protections in place to protect those at risk.</p><p>In addition, the Gambling Commission has strengthened the requirement on gambling operators to inform the commission about deaths by suicide among customers. The licensee must notify the commission, as soon as reasonably practicable, if it knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a person who has gambled with it has died by suicide, whether or not such suicide is known or suspected to be associated with gambling.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 13:12:57 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1738305

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture to include the ornamental sector of horticulture within its remit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fookes
uin	HL2159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2024 answer text <p>The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) is an independent industry led organisation. Although ornamental horticulture is not within TIAH’s initial scope, through the Environmental Horticulture Group, they have been working with the sector in areas where there are common issues and working towards longer term inclusion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 06/11/2024 13:28:01 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	830 label Biography information for Baroness Fookes

1738312

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Contraceptives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the joint statement on contraception by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the International Confederation of Midwives in September, what steps they are taking to integrate person-centred and respectful contraception provision into sexual, reproductive, maternal and adolescent care services, and emergency obstetric and neonatal care.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL2166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the public receives the best possible contraceptive services. Contraception advice is delivered in sexual health services, general practice, some pharmacies, abortion and maternity services, and online. NHS England strives to ensure that this is integrated into a range of different health encounters that women are likely to have.</p><p>For example, sexual and reproductive health services in England provide a range of services, including contraception provision and advice, particularly for vulnerable groups and teenagers. These services are free, open-access, and confidential, to support people to make informed choices.</p><p>Contraception advice is provided during both antenatal consultations and at the time of postnatal discharge. Many maternity services also provide both user-based and longer acting methods of contraception at this opportunity.</p><p>The <em>Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services</em> made a commitment to offer all women a personalised care and support plan by 2026, taking into account physical health, mental health, and social complexities, with a risk assessment updated at every contact.</p><p>NHS England has published guidance to support general practitioners to provide women with comprehensive mental and physical postnatal check-ups six to eight weeks after they give birth.</p><p>The postnatal consultation provides an important opportunity for contraceptive health needs to be assessed and for general practitioners to listen to women in a discrete, supportive environment. As per the guidance, women should be asked about contraception and supported to make planned choices about future pregnancies.</p><p>Women’s health hubs pilots are being rolled out across the National Health Service, together with sexual health services. These can provide a wider choice of options for women, including longer acting methods of contraception.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 10:23:05 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1738313

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Contraceptives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure equitable postpartum and post-abortion contraception provisions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL2167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the public receives equitable access to the best possible contraceptive services. Contraception advice is delivered in sexual health services, general practice, some pharmacies, abortion and maternity services, and online. NHS England strives to ensure that this is integrated into a range of different health encounters that women are likely to have. For example, contraception advice is provided during both antenatal consultations and at the time of postnatal discharge. Many maternity services also provide both user-based and longer acting methods of contraception at this opportunity.</p><p>NHS England has published guidance to support general practitioners to provide all women with comprehensive mental and physical postnatal check-ups six to eight weeks after they give birth. The guidance, which was written in collaboration with the Royal College of General Practitioners, provides clear advice to address unwarranted variation for the delivery of safer, more equitable, more personalised care. This includes flexible appointment times tailored to a women’s needs.</p><p>The postnatal consultation provides an important opportunity for contraceptive health needs to be assessed. During this, women should be asked about contraception and supported to make planned choices about future pregnancies.</p><p>Contraception is commonly offered and provided by abortion services, in line with National Institute for Care and Excellence guidelines on abortion care, that were published in September 2019. The guidelines set out that commissioners and providers should ensure that a full range of contraceptive options is available for women on the same day as their surgical or medical abortion. Providers should also ensure that healthcare professionals have the knowledge and skills to provide all contraceptive options, including the contraceptive implant, injections, and intrauterine methods of contraception.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 10:18:17 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1738314

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Contraceptives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure education on, and access to, contraceptives for marginalised and under-served populations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL2168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the public has equal access to the best possible contraceptive services. The women’s health area on the National Health Service website brings together over 100 different women’s health topics, including contraception, as a first port of call for women seeking health information. Education surrounding contraceptives should be delivered to all pupils via the Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum. RSHE became compulsory in all schools in September 2020. The statutory guidance is clear that as part of the topic ‘intimate and sexual relationships’, pupils in secondary schools should know the facts about the full range of contraceptive choices, efficacy, and options available. These subjects should be taught to all pupils in schools, and teachers have the flexibility to deliver the curriculum in a way that meets the needs of their individual pupils.</p><p>Contraception is a core service for women’s health hub pilots. Women’s health hubs bring together healthcare professionals and existing services to provide integrated women’s health services in the community, centred on meeting women’s needs across the life course and reducing health inequalities. The Department has invested £25 million over 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the establishment of at least one pilot women’s health hub in every integrated care system.</p><p>To offer greater choice in how women can access contraception services across the country, the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service was launched in April 2023, enabling pharmacists to issue ongoing supplies of contraception, initiated in general practice surgeries and sexual health services. The service relaunched in December 2023 to enable community pharmacies to also initiate oral contraception.</p><p>Survey outputs from the <em>2023 Women’s Reproductive Health Survey</em> will be used to inform future policy development and support strategy work by improving our ability to monitor changes and inequalities in women and girls’ access to contraceptives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 10:17:29 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1738323

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Gambling: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many young people aged 13 to 18 have been treated by the NHS for problem gambling in the past year.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>The most recent data available shows that between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, eleven young people aged 13 to 18 years old were referred to National Health Services for treatment related to their gambling.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 08/11/2024 10:21:31 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans