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1568367

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date	18/01/2023
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	Pharmacy: Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report in the Lancet First, do no harm: time for a systems approach to address the problem of health-care-derived pharmaceutical pollution, published in December 2022; and what steps, if any, they plan to take regarding its recommendations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Defra and its agencies, including the Environment Agency, have not yet considered the report in full detail but will do so in due course. We will consider the recommendations in conjunction with officials in the Department for Health and Social Care. Defra has already noted that some of the suggested interventions in the Lancet paper may be relevant to veterinary medicines. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate within Defra is actively considering issues around pharmaceuticals in the environment, and conducts environmental risk assessments for all new veterinary medicines.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 01/02/2023 15:05:43 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1567838

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date	17/01/2023
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	Transcaucasus: Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ask the government of Azerbaijan to lift the blockade in the Lachin Corridor in the interests of regional security in the South Caucasus; and what assessment they have made of the steps that could be taken to prevent an increase in conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region as a result of the blockade.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>On 30 January, the Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty MP, met with the Azerbaijan ambassador to highlight the importance of re-opening the Lachin corridor. Ambassadors in the region and other senior UK officials have reinforced this message with key interlocutors including representatives of the Azerbaijani Government. The United Kingdom also called for the corridor to be re-opened in interventions at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on 15 December and at the UN Security Council on 20 December. This is consistent with our long-standing support for internationally facilitated negotiations as the most effective way to facilitate a sustainable and peaceful settlement to the conflict.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/01/2023 13:20:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1567839

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Nagorno Karabakh: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to provide humanitarian support, including the provision of (1) food, and (2) medical supplies, to the Armenian population living in the city of Stepanakert.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has been clear that the closure of the Lachin corridor risks severe humanitarian consequences, particularly during winter. Officials are in contact with humanitarian agencies, including the ICRC most recently on 18 January, about their assessment of the impact of the closure and the START FUND, to which the UK is a significant donor, has allocated £350,000 to support those affected by the closure of the Lachin Corridor.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/01/2023 13:41:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1566987

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date	16/01/2023
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	Infant Mortality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rise in trauma deaths and sudden unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood (Sudic) in 2022; in particular, that four times as many deaths occurred in the most deprived fifth of the population, compared with the least deprived fifth; and what steps they plan to take, if any, in response.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to the health service learning from child deaths. In 2018, NHS England supported the establishment of the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) to record comprehensive data on the circumstances of children’s deaths and reduce preventable child mortality in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the NCMD report on Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Infancy and Childhood published in December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Instances of sudden unexpected death in infancy often link in with wider health disparities and modifiable factors such as smoking in pregnancy and in the home. Frontline health professionals have tools and processes in place to deliver guidance to families to promote safe sleeping for babies. There is a significant amount of work taking place to tackle smoking in pregnancy, across many agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Research is funding a study looking at promoting safer sleeping for babies in high-risk groups in England and a research project into effective mechanisms for reducing abusive head trauma in young infants.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to help tackle unsafe homes. This includes developing new guidance on damp and mould for the housing sector, extending the Decent Home Standard to the private rented sector and a number of other amendments through the Renters Reform Bill and Social Housing (Regulation) Bill.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Neil O’Brien gave a speech at a Westminster Hall Debate on 17 January this year on the important issue of sudden unexpected death in childhood. The transcript is available on Hansard.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 08/02/2023 13:09:58 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle