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1790916

registered interest
date	31/03/2025
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	Pigs: Conservation
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 introduce a national monitoring system for wild boars and feral pigs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>Defra encourages all pig keepers and members of the public to be vigilant and help protect our pig sector and wildlife from the threat of African swine fever and other notifiable diseases. Found dead feral wild boar and feral pigs in England should be reported to the Animal and Plant Health Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Sightings of live feral wild boar and feral pigs can be made through the Mammal Societies Mammal Tracker app or directly through the National Biodiversity Network, the work of which is supported Natural England, Environment Agency and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Defra have no plans at this time to introduce alternative monitoring systems for live feral wild boar and feral pigs. However, Defra work closely with Forestry England to actively monitor and control the population of feral wild boar in the Forest of Dean and work closely with stakeholder organisations share intelligence and monitor the population of feral wild boar and feral pigs nationally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 08/04/2025 09:47:15 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1790174

registered interest
date	28/03/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that reproductive health issues, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, fertility and menopause symptoms, are covered in relationships and sex education in schools in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2025 answer text <p>Statutory guidance on the current relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum, published on GOV.UK states that by the end of secondary education, pupils should know the facts about reproductive health, including fertility, and the potential impact of lifestyle on fertility for men and women and menopause. This guidance is attached and is also available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>. While endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome are not mentioned specifically in the statutory guidance, it is open to schools to include it as part of this education.</p><p> </p><p>To support schools further, in 2020 the department developed teacher training modules which are freely available to download from GOV.UK and are attached and is also available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health</a>. This included working with Endometriosis UK when developing the ‘changing adolescent body’ module, which references endometriosis. In addition, the ‘intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ module refers to endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, fertility and menopause.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently reviewing the RSHE statutory guidance. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has been clear that children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of this guidance for schools and as such we will talk to stakeholders, analyse consultation responses and consider relevant evidence before setting out next steps. This will include assessing whether amended content on reproductive health issues is needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern attachment 1 file name Relationships_Education_RSE_and_Health_Education.pdf title HL6287 attachment 1 2 file name Teaching about relationships, sex and health guidance.pdf title HL6287 attachment 2 question first answered 11/04/2025 13:57:41 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1790175

registered interest
date	28/03/2025
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of those affected by the under-occupancy charge, particularly where no alternative accommodation is offered, and what assessment they have made of the impact of that charge on regional poverty disparities, including child poverty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2025 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of households in the social rented sector affected by the Removal of Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) where alternative accommodation has not been offered, nor of the impact of the RSRS has on regional poverty disparities. The RSRS policy, sometimes known as the under-occupancy charge or bedroom tax, applies where the household is living in a social rented property with more bedrooms than the household’s bedroom entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Easements to the policy are available to support disabled people and carers, families of disabled children, foster carers, parents who adopt, parents of service personnel and people who have suffered a bereavement. Those unable to meet a shortfall in their rent due to a RSRS deduction can seek a Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) from their local authority. DHPs can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock question first answered 11/04/2025 13:20:17 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1790176

registered interest
date	28/03/2025
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	Nappies: Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the use of reusable nappies, and to make suppliers of single-use nappies pay the full cost of their disposal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2025 answer text <p>In 2023 Defra published a Life Cycle Assessment of disposable and reusable nappies which looked at disposable and reusable nappies across 18 equally-weighted environmental impact categories (<a href="https://randd.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=20622" target="_blank">Science Search (defra.gov.uk).</a></p><p> </p><p>The assessment showed that while disposable nappies have a slightly higher global warming potential, reusable nappies have a higher environmental impact in other ways. As there is no clear consensus on whether reusable or disposable nappies are better for the environment the Department has no plans to take policy action on nappies at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 03/04/2025 14:05:01 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1790177

registered interest
date	28/03/2025
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	NHS: Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the future of the Greener NHS programme following the abolition of NHS England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2025 answer text <p>Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 07/04/2025 14:45:19 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1790178

registered interest
date	28/03/2025
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	Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to manage the NHS provision of biologic medications and other high-cost treatments, particularly to avoid inequality between patients under different integrated care boards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2025 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service in England on whether new medicines, including biologics, should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of their clinical and cost-effectiveness.</p><p>The NICE evaluates all new medicines and significant licence extensions for existing medicines, and NHS England and the integrated care boards are legally required to fund the medicines recommended in a NICE appraisal, usually within three months of final guidance. The NICE’s evaluations and the associated funding requirement ensures that patients are consistently able to benefit from clinically and cost-effective medicines wherever they live in England.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 07/04/2025 14:59:58 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1790179

registered interest
date	28/03/2025
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	Chronic Wasting Disease: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to restrict meat and plant imports from the United States of America to prevent the entry of chronic wasting disease.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2025 answer text <p>The rules for the importation into Great Britain of meat and meat products are laid down in GB legislation. Consignments must be accompanied by animal and public health certification and enter GB through a Border Control Post where checks are carried out to ensure that import conditions have been met.</p><p> </p><p>Fresh meat of cervids (deer meat) can only be imported from the USA if it complies with supplementary guarantees in the model health certificates that mitigate the risk of chronic wasting disease (CWD) incursion from fresh meat.</p><p> </p><p>There are no restrictions in place on imports of plants from the USA in relation to CWD. A risk assessment carried out in 2023 indicates that the risk of transmission of CWD via plants is very low.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 03/04/2025 14:04:16 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1781225

registered interest
date	04/03/2025
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: Labelling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that known allergens and perfumes present in condoms are labelled on condom packaging.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is continuing its work to strengthen the regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom and ensure medical devices are safe and effective. A condom is a medical device, and medical devices placed on the UK market are subject to rules requiring labels and instructions for use to contain precautions related to certain materials in the device that could result in sensitisation or an allergic reaction.</p><p>The MHRA undertakes a range of compliance and enforcement activities to ensure medical devices being placed on the UK market meet relevant regulation requirements. Once a medical device is on the market, the MHRA continuously monitors their safety, including via reports of suspected adverse events associated with medical devices received through the Yellow Card scheme. Should any new safety concerns be identified, we will take necessary regulatory action to minimise these and ensure the benefits of use continue to outweigh the risks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 10/03/2025 15:45:27 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1781226

registered interest
date	04/03/2025
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	Tomography
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that medical-grade probe covers are used in ultrasound procedures instead of non-medical materials, such as condoms.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2025 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the regulator of medical devices in the United Kingdom. It works to make sure that medicines and healthcare products available in the UK are safe and effective. We would expect the use of probes that are medical devices to be within their intended purpose as defined by their manufacturer. Use of a medical device outside of its intended purpose can be done at the discretion of a healthcare professional.</p><p>The MHRA does not have a role in regulating healthcare practitioners in clinical settings. The MHRA has issued guidance on the off-label use of medical devices, which sets out that an individual should use medical devices as described by the manufacturer in the instructions. If you use the device in any other way, it’s considered ‘off-label’ use.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 10/03/2025 15:46:12 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1781227

registered interest
date	04/03/2025
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	Thailand: Uyghurs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Thailand about the repatriation of Uyghur refugees to China.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2025 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary has made clear through a public statement, the UK disagrees in the strongest terms with Thailand's decision to deport 40 Uyghur Muslims to China. This is despite Thailand's international obligations in relation to non-refoulement and the well-documented ongoing human rights violations in Xinjiang. The Government has made representations to the Government of Thailand at the highest levels: the Foreign Secretary raised this issue with Thailand's Foreign Minister, and the Minister for the Indo-Pacific raised it with Thailand's Ambassador.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chapman of Darlington question first answered 13/03/2025 13:58:25 answering member 3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle