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1506165

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Antibiotics: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with her international counterparts on the subscription deal for two antimicrobials, cefiderocol and ceftazidime–avibactam, for the NHS in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	49734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has raised awareness of England’s subscription-style payment model for antimicrobials through a range of bilateral and multilateral forums. The Department has also advocated for other countries to share results of similar models to address the market failures in antibiotic research and development and/or to develop suitable models.</p><p>The Department has engaged with Senators in the United States of America who are co-sponsoring the PASTEUR Act, which aims to establish a subscription model. We have also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sweden which includes commitments to incentivise antimicrobial research and development.</p><p>During the United Kingdom’s G7 Presidency, health and finance Ministers committed to explore options to incentivise new antimicrobials through research and development and onto the market and ensure security of supplies. Ministers have committed to report on progress during Japan's presidency next year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 11:22:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1506362

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highway Code: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a television advertising campaign to help to raise awareness of the changes to the Highway Code which came into effect on 29th January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	49735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The changes to The Highway Code to help improve road safety for people walking, cycling and horse riding have been communicated in two phases:</p><ul><li>A factual awareness raising campaign in February and March, alerting road users to the changes as they came into effect.</li><li>A broader behaviour change campaign in July and August, to align with seasonal increases in active travel, to help embed the changes and encourage understanding and uptake of the new guidance.</li></ul><p>Both phases of the campaign were supported by a significant media spend, using channels such as radio, digital audio, video on demand and social media advertising.</p><p>Specialist media planners and buyers are commissioned to secure the optimum and most cost-effective media placement for our messaging. The campaign plan used contextual opportunities, raising awareness at the point of the behaviour, as well as priming opportunities to diffuse tensions and build empathy and understanding amongst road user groups. Channels were selected that were able to build high levels of reach and frequency amongst the target audiences to deliver both message take-out and planned behaviour change.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/09/2022 07:51:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1506391

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Pigmeat: Preservatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the production of nitrite-free (a) bacon and (b) ham in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	49736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Nitrites are an approved food additive for use in bacon and ham products. The HM Government considers that existing levels of nitrites and nitrates in food products are sufficiently protective of consumers. Where individual companies decide to use authorised alternatives to nitrites, this is ultimately a commercial decision as to what products they bring to market.</p><p> </p><p>Existing requirements on the control of additives in food production ensure that food is produced safely and is labelled to enable consumers to make informed choices on the food they buy and consume. The HM Government is always looking for ways to support innovation in the food industry but takes the position that intervention should be restricted only to areas where there are food safety or health concerns based on available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/09/2022 16:52:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1506392

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Meat Products: Preservatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of nitrites in meat products.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	49737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) works with the food industry to ensure that nitrites and nitrates are used at the lowest possible levels to achieve its technological function, without jeopardising the safety of food. Maximum legal limits for nitrates have been determined based on scientific evaluation and are monitored through risk-based compliance checks. There are no plans to reduce the levels of nitrates in processed meat products.</p><p>The FSA will seek independent scientific advice whenever new credible scientific studies emerge, which will be considered with existing evidence and determine whether any further action on authorised food additives is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 22/09/2022 11:51:50 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1506394

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Bowel Cancer: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of bowel cancer in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	49738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Since 2019, the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England has issued a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) kit to eligible people for use at home, which can detect changes in the bowel which, if left untreated, could lead to cancer. The FIT kit requires one sample to be taken and replaced the previous test which required three samples, which has increased uptake in England.</p><p>The FIT home testing kit is currently available to everyone aged 60 to 74 years old and the majority of 56-year-olds. The NHS BCSP is expanding the FIT kit offer to 58-year-olds and the programme will be offered to all those aged 50 to 74 years old by 2025. In 2023, an NHS bowel cancer screening communications and marketing campaign is planned to increase the uptake of the FIT home testing kit in eligible people across England.</p><p>Obesity can increase the likelihood of developing bowel cancer therefore we have introduced measures to help people to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. New Regulations on out-of-home calorie labelling for out of home food sold in large businesses including restaurants, cafes and takeaways came into force on 6 April 2022. These aim to ensure people can make more informed, healthier choices when eating food out or ordering takeaways. We are also working to make the food and drink that is available to consumers healthier through reformulation programmes.</p><p>Reducing tobacco use and supporting smokers to quit can prevent 15 types of cancers, including bowel cancer. An independent review of the Government’s tobacco control policies led by Javed Khan, published on 9 June 2022, makes recommendations to support the Government’s ambition for England to be smoke-free by 2030. We are currently considering the recommendations to inform a new Tobacco Control Plan.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/09/2022 10:40:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1505281

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Introduction to Sector Deals, updated in June 2019, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a sector deal for the medical cannabis industry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	48424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>BEIS have no plans to assess the merits of introducing a sector deal for the medical cannabis industry. We will continue to support the Life Science sector through delivery of the Life Science Vision.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/09/2022 17:04:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1505426

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Antimicrobials: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to develop a UK-wide policy for the purchase and evaluation of antimicrobials following the announcement of a subscription deal for two antimicrobials for the NHS in England; what timeframe has been agreed for that process; and what opportunities will be in place for (a) the UK and (b) international stakeholders to contribute to that process.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	48425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2019, a pilot project was launched to develop and test a ‘subscription-style’ evaluation and payment model for antibiotics in England, which would pay pharmaceutical companies for access to antibiotics based on its value to the National Health Service, rather than the volume used. This payment model aims to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop new antimicrobials, despite the potential for the use of newly developed antibiotics to be ‘held back’ to protect against the threat of antimicrobial resistance.</p><p>Payments from NHS England to the two pharmaceutical companies involved in the pilot commenced on 1 July 2022. Officials are now considering how to develop the new frameworks for the evaluation and payment of new antimicrobials, including through consultation with domestic and international stakeholders. The consultation process will continue until spring 2023.</p><p>In June 2022, the previous Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the Rt hon. Steve Barclay MP) invited health ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to engage in this process and assist in the evolution of this model. The devolved administrations have agreed in principle and officials in the United Kingdom will finalise the details of each nation’s participation. It will be for each devolved administration to decide if or how any agreed frameworks are implemented in their health system.</p><p>To support the adoption of similar models in other countries, findings from the pilot project have been published online and shared at international conferences. The Government has also advocated for such models internationally, such as during the UK’s 2021 G7 Presidency, where health and finance ministers have committed to explore options to bring new antimicrobials to market.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 48426 question first answered 22/09/2022 15:19:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1505429

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Antimicrobials: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to ensure that the template for a subscription model for the purchase and evaluation of antimicrobials, following a deal for the NHS in England, can be adopted by other countries.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	48426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2019, a pilot project was launched to develop and test a ‘subscription-style’ evaluation and payment model for antibiotics in England, which would pay pharmaceutical companies for access to antibiotics based on its value to the National Health Service, rather than the volume used. This payment model aims to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop new antimicrobials, despite the potential for the use of newly developed antibiotics to be ‘held back’ to protect against the threat of antimicrobial resistance.</p><p>Payments from NHS England to the two pharmaceutical companies involved in the pilot commenced on 1 July 2022. Officials are now considering how to develop the new frameworks for the evaluation and payment of new antimicrobials, including through consultation with domestic and international stakeholders. The consultation process will continue until spring 2023.</p><p>In June 2022, the previous Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the Rt hon. Steve Barclay MP) invited health ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to engage in this process and assist in the evolution of this model. The devolved administrations have agreed in principle and officials in the United Kingdom will finalise the details of each nation’s participation. It will be for each devolved administration to decide if or how any agreed frameworks are implemented in their health system.</p><p>To support the adoption of similar models in other countries, findings from the pilot project have been published online and shared at international conferences. The Government has also advocated for such models internationally, such as during the UK’s 2021 G7 Presidency, where health and finance ministers have committed to explore options to bring new antimicrobials to market.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 48425 question first answered 22/09/2022 15:19:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503293

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119628 on Religious Freedom and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on equality under the law for (a) humanists, (b) atheists and (c) other non-religious people.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	44965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44966 44967 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503294

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119627 on Religious Freedom and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, whether the Bill of Rights Bill will help to ensure that references to religion in (a) legislation and (b) guidance will be interpreted as religion or belief, in the context of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	44966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44965 44967 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day