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347588

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date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why only 19 per cent of NHS Trusts offer palliative care; and what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) pain control is always available in hospitals, and (2) terminally ill patients can converse with their families in privacy.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>It is not the case that only 19% of National Health Service trusts offer palliative care. The latest National Clinical Audit of Care of the Dying (2014) showed that, of the 131 trusts surveyed, all trusts offered at least a five-day face-to-face specialist palliative care service, including 21% of trusts offering at least a 7-day face-to-face service. 91% of trusts offered an out-of-hours specialist palliative care telephone service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Effective pain control is one of the key elements of palliative and end of life care, as noted in <em>One Chance to Get it Right</em>, the report published in June 2014 by the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying people. The Five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person, which are set out in that report, state that an individual plan of care, which includes pain relief as part of symptom control, should be agreed, coordinated and delivered with compassion for every person approaching the end of life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Priorities for Care also highlight the importance of sensitive communication, and state that discussions involving staff, people nearing the end of life and those close to them should be conducted in a way that maximises privacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We would expect NHS organisations and staff to do all that they can to ensure that this happens for all people nearing the end of life.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/06/2015 14:51:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347589

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable the highest possible proportion of terminally ill patients to die at home, or in a hospice.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p><em>What’s important to me: A Review of Choice in End of Life Care</em>, published in February 2015, provided advice to Government on how end of life care services could be supported to enable people’s choices to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the report and its recommendations and will respond in full later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:44:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347590

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Climate Change: Export Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the exports and overseas licensing of technology designed to reduce the impact of climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government actively supports British companies to export products and services that reduce the impact of climate change. For example, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) helps UK companies to win export business in the offshore wind, other renewables and nuclear sectors. This approach is consistent with the Government’s overall climate change policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 10/06/2015 11:33:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347591

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Pakistan: Christianity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan following the attacks on 24 May on a church and the homes of Christians in the Sandya district of Lahore; and what representations they have made concerning the declaration by doctors that Humayun Masih is unfit to plead.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the violent persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan and by misuse of the blasphemy law. We continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to protect the human rights of all its citizens as laid down in the Pakistan Constitution and take concrete action to deliver on commitments to protect minorities. <br><br>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), discussed Pakistan’s misuse of the blasphemy laws with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2014. In December the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), also stressed our concerns about Pakistan’s blasphemy law with Prime Minister Sharif.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 09/06/2015 12:36:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

347592

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	United Arab Emirates: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United Arab Emirates regarding that country's refusal to allow entry to James Lynch, a British citizen, and other professionals working for human rights organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), raised the Amnesty International case with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to the UK on 4 June. The UAE Ambassador has agreed to take forward this case with the UAE authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 09/06/2015 12:36:56 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton