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1506362

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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

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

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

1503295

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	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgment in R (Fox) v Secretary of State for Education [2015] EWHC 3404, to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119631 on Religion: Education and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on the Government's policies on the delivery of religious education.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	44967
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 44966 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

1503657

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of the regulations prohibiting regulated manufacture of medical cannabis and CBD products on patient safety.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The manufacture of cannabis-based medicines is allowed under the appropriate Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Home Office licences. Cannabis-based medicines must comply with all applicable requirements and high standards of manufacture that apply to all other medicines to ensure patient safety.</p><p>In 2018, the Government amended the law to allow specialist doctors to prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate, with an accompanying impact assessment published by the Home Office. The Government must consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any further amendments to the law in this area. At the request of the Home Office, the ACMD have recently reviewed this legislation and concluded that no amendments are currently required.</p><p>Cannabidiol (CBD) in its pure form is not a controlled drug. However, many consumer CBD products also contain varying amounts of controlled cannabinoids due to difficulties in isolating pure CBD. The Home Office has sought the ACMD’s advice on a legal framework exempting CBD products with a defined trace percentage of controlled cannabinoids from control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD responded on December 17 2021 and the Government is currently considering this advice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 45491 question first answered 21/09/2022 13:46:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503788

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to reform regulations relating to the production of cannabis-based medicinal products to support UK patients and businesses.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The manufacture of cannabis-based medicines is allowed under the appropriate Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Home Office licences. Cannabis-based medicines must comply with all applicable requirements and high standards of manufacture that apply to all other medicines to ensure patient safety.</p><p>In 2018, the Government amended the law to allow specialist doctors to prescribe unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate, with an accompanying impact assessment published by the Home Office. The Government must consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) before making any further amendments to the law in this area. At the request of the Home Office, the ACMD have recently reviewed this legislation and concluded that no amendments are currently required.</p><p>Cannabidiol (CBD) in its pure form is not a controlled drug. However, many consumer CBD products also contain varying amounts of controlled cannabinoids due to difficulties in isolating pure CBD. The Home Office has sought the ACMD’s advice on a legal framework exempting CBD products with a defined trace percentage of controlled cannabinoids from control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD responded on December 17 2021 and the Government is currently considering this advice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 45233 question first answered 21/09/2022 13:46:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503997

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting real world observational studies for assessing the (a) quality, (b) safety and (c) efficiency of medical cannabis products.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Observational studies with a small number of patients do not produce sufficiently robust results to inform routine clinical or commissioning decisions, as there is no robust way to compare findings in the absence of the intervention. Via the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Department and NHS England are developing two randomised controlled trials into epilepsy in adults and children. The trials will start as soon as possible and results will be published once the trials have completed and the findings have been peer reviewed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 06/09/2022 09:32:46 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1504137

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Energy: Price Caps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) energy firms and (b) Ofgem on the potential merits of introducing an energy price cap for commercial customers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly engages with energy firms and Ofgem to understand the impact rising energy prices have on businesses of all sizes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a new six-month scheme – the Energy Price Guarantee for Businesses (EPGB) – to protect all businesses and other non-domestic energy users from soaring energy costs. It will offer comparable support to that being provided for consumers and we expect the scheme to be available in the autumn. After this initial six-month scheme the Government will provide focused support for vulnerable sectors, targeted to make sure those most in need get support.</p><p> </p><p>Further details regarding the scheme will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 14:08:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1504156

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support UK pensioners living overseas in countries without a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. State Pensions are up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on a person’s UK State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 15:14:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day